A lot of people around here put pumpkins on their porches the day after Labor Day. Hang orange and red autumn wreathes on their front doors. The week after Labor Day saw temperatures in the mid-nineties this year. You could have swum outdoors until mid-October. September no longer transitions to yellow and gold. It is green. It is a summer month. Period. I have come to accept that. But I simply could not lose October. Mid-October was still green this year. My red, white and