This time of year, it feels like everything is speeding up. The kids are back in school, the holidays are around the corner, and I don't know about you, but it feels like everyone is back from vacation and emailing me. But author and mixologist Mike Wolf is asking us to slow down, take the time to make a proper drink and in the process, get to know our garden, our friends, and our family traditions a little better. You might recognize his face from past stints at Husk Nashville or most recently Audrey, or his voice from Liquid Gold, a podcast he hosts with a fun menagerie of friends and industry vets. He's the author of Garden to Glass, Baratined, and the upcoming Cheer!, and his drinks have been featured in numerous publications from Imbibe Magazine to The Tennessean. So let's take his advice and drink in the season as fall begins to tease us with slightly cooler mornings and burnt umber beginnings on the dogwood leaves.