The Moment Before the Fire Ignites...

Stop by for a Visit... Before It Ignites... In the Hill Country, the fall takes its time arriving. The heat holds through September and often into October, and a man could swear nothing has changed when the calendar turns to the equinox. The first sign is the light. It comes in at a lower angle in the afternoon and lays across the grass in a way it did not in July. The grass shows no sign of slowing and the cicadas still sing, and summer slips out without anyone knowing it has gone. Then one...