July in Akron smells like two things at once — cut grass, and hot wheat dust drifting in off the county. Lawn care runs on that clock: mowing on the week, trimming around fence posts and foundations and light poles, edging the walks, sweeping the clippings off the concrete. Out here the sun is relentless and the wind is a partner or an opponent depending on the hour, so early morning belongs to the mower. The grain elevator stands over town the way it always has, and underneath it the mowed strips and green squares make their own kind of order. A property cut on schedule and edged clean holds that order all summer long.