Sometime in the middle of August, just as the weather has become sweltering, the sound of crickets has become deafening, and the aroma of cut grass has become incessant, my mind starts drifting to sweater weather.
I have written before in this space of my earnest objection to commemorating seasons or holidays prior to their imminent arrival—for example, the marketing, display, and consumption of Halloween-themed candy around the Fourth of July—but in this case, I plead guilty: At a time of the year when most people are sensibly dressed in T-shirts and shorts, I am quietly plotting the return of autumn and, with it, the wide array of sweaters, sport coats, raincoats, overcoats, parkas, and other outerwear that will again be at my disposal.
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