It’s small things, at first. A few crunchy leaves skittering across the street, or pinwheeling down from the trees as the wind blows. The new coolness of the nights, in stark contrast with the sustained humid heat of a Southern summer. The evening beginning to encroach more and more on the afternoon, ushering in the darker part of the year. In July, summer seems to last forever, but before you know it it’s November.
Welp, here we are. It’s November 1st, and the college football season is two-thirds over. Trick-or-treaters have come and gone, and the remaining candy stash is dwindling fast.