Adventures with Allie

There’s a moment every October in Oklahoma when the morning air finally feels like a promise kept. After months of oppressive, hair-frizzing, energysapping heat, the world exhales. The grass still looks a little crispy, sure, but suddenly it’s cool enough to take the dogs out without feeling like you’re about to dissolve into a puddle of sunscreen.

I am not, and never have been, a warm-weather pers…