Stick Season Has Arrived in East Texas

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter. — Simon and Garfunkel The shortest day and the longest night approach as the winter solstice arrives Saturday. It is what Noah Kahan, a young energetic singer/songwriter from my beloved New England, calls “the season of the sticks.” That’s a Vermont name for the time before official winter. It comes just after all the foliage has fallen, leaving the bare limbs hanging in the air like abstract sculptures created by amateur art students. Here in East Texas, stick season arrived just a few days ago. Leaves skitter along the driveway, fill the backyard....

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