Late summer is a magnificent time of year.
The bats and mosquitoes are in their prime, and a heavy haze of heat and atmospheric moisture descends upon the land. Best of all, festive gourds will soon decorate the kitchen tables of squash-lovers everywhere. Many is the morning after a long night of stargazing in Middleofnowhere, Ohio, that I've cruised into the 24-hour truck stop at 5 A.M. looking to purchase a small token of my love for a wife waiting patiently at home. Yes, fellow nature lovers, we will soon enter the season of the gourd. And remember, what we find on Earth, we often find among the stars.