The last cut of the day in Dowagiac happens under a sky going violet over the fields west of town. Cosmic Corde Lawn Care likes that hour — the heat easing off, the mower's line still legible in the low light, fireflies rising out of the uncut edges. Cass County keeps its dark skies, and a yard finished at dusk has a particular stillness to it: fresh rows, walks blown clean, everything squared away before the stars come out. Mowing, trimming and edging are the whole of the work, done pass by pass until the ground looks tended. Morning finds it still holding.