We take the first of the three major steps toward winter on Monday, Halloween -- the second two being Thanksgiving and Christmas. Before then, I need to check out the carnage that the first blasts of Jack Frost did to the yard this week. I suspect I'll spend some time pulling dead annuals and covering up plants going dormant. I've had the wood stove burning since Tuesday. But I saw the Zags play Carroll College of Montana on Q6 Friday night. So I know they'll be around to get me/us through another Inland Northwest winter. So I'm good. Here's your Weekend Wild Card ...