It’s that time of year. School is in session. Backpacks line the back doorway. Yellow busses line the streets. Bedtimes and wake-times are earlier than in the previous months. Mornings are resoundingly announced by alarm clocks – something unheard of during June, July and early August. Summer has officially ended. Sigh. The warm weather morphs into autumn and for my family that means one thing: closing up the cabin. We wash bedding and empty the fridge thinking how pleasant it will be to return to a clean house next spring. We clean toilets that aren’t really even dirty. We scrub tubs and ...