Hoxie keeps time by the trains, and a yard can be measured the same way — one freight through the junction and the front is mowed, another and the back is trimmed out. Triple A Lawncare works these flat blocks between the rail line and the rice ground, cutting on a set week, edging the sidewalks, running the trimmer along chain link and around porch steps, sweeping the clippings off the drive. Northeast Arkansas summer comes on humid and green and the grass takes that as an invitation, so the schedule matters more than anything else. In October the light turns thin over the fields and the work shifts to leaves. A yard that holds its shape all year says plenty without saying a word.