It’s the first two weeks of summer when the world is awhirl with different shades of green, blackberry winter has passed and the days are warmed to perfection which are particularly enchanting. The trees are fully filled out and the kudzu has begun its annual take over of telephone poles and shacks long abandoned.

Always, I have said that autumn is my favorite season and it is for all the beautiful colors with which it adorns the earth in the colder parts of the country. Early last fall, I walked outside and felt that crystal clear snap that brings to mind what the national anthem and prayer signal: High school football season has arrived.