Chores vs. pigskin and hunts

My wife doesn’t like fall. She calls it the saddest time of year.

I think it’s actually the end of summer that makes Barb blue.

Years ago, I felt the same way, but that probably had more to do with returning to school than with a change in seasons. Now I eagerly look forward to the end of summer.

The temperature reached 111 degrees here a little more than a month ago. That was the peak of a hot, dry August. But you know what they always say about Montana, if you don’t like the weather, wait six weeks and it will change.

It took nearly that long for things to cool off. Now there’s sn...