Luna

Opening day in the dove field, and Luna has done her job. Against the round bale rests a Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen, humpback and all, the kind of gun that gets handed down more often than it gets bought. Spent hulls dot the stubble, the bird is coming back soft-mouthed, and September is doing what September does. For anyone who has waited on a hay bale for the birds to fly, this one will feel like home.