Late August in Macoupin County arrives with cicadas in the evening and grass that has stopped racing and started settling in. Pipers hardscape hooligans llc mows and trims through it, edging along walks and drives and clearing off whatever the cut leaves behind. On rolling ground a mower line has to be earned; you read the slope before you start or the stripes will tell on you afterward. There is pride in a lawn that reads level from the road on land that plainly isn't. Carlinville's yards are generous and old-shaded, and they pay back the extra pass.