The Annual Yearning

To a winter diehard fall foliage is the ultimate distraction, albeit a beautiful one. It marks the transition from beaches and bikes to bullwheels and black diamonds. Autumn always seems to have a way of lulling us into a pumpkin-spiced fog of forgetting what we’re really here for. But when those final leaves drop, our brains snap back awake. Gone are the colors. Fled are the peepers. Closed are the apple orchards. It’s just…stick season. And as those distractions dissipate, …