With peepers in the spring, crickets in the fall are distinctly nature’s minstrels. The gentle “peep, peep, peep,” from small frogs in low spots, is a welcome prelude to spring after we’ve yearned for ...

I was mowing the grass this past weekend, and I saw them for the first time this year: crickets — a yard full of the small black, jumping insects. This reminded me of two things. One, fall is rapidly ...