"They say that all good things must end someday. Autumn leaves must fall...when the rain beats upon my window pane, I'll think of summer days again. And dream of you."
Chad & Jeremy, "A Summer Song" *1964* Metcalf/Stuart/Noble
The air smells a little of change. Change in routine...getting up early for school with only memories of afternoons at the neighborhood pool. Change in season...in the Upper Midwest the nights are getting cooler and a few leaves are starting to turn yellow. Road trips have
September is Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month, Baby Safety Month, Update Your Resume Month and Library Card Sign-Up Month. Whatever your reading taste, there's a new book for you this month. Looking to update your house? Books by Chip & Joanna Gaines or the editors of Good Housekeeping magazine can help. If the brisk air invites you to try a new recipe, Ina Garten or Alton Brown offer ideas. Did you grow up listening to the Boss, Bruce Springsteen? Read his autobiography, September 27. Other singers share their stories: Mike Love of the Beach Boys and Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire. Mysteries and suspense will keep you awake - Harlan Coben, Joanne Fluke, Margaret Coel, John Grisham, J. D. Robb, J. A. Jance, Karin Slaughter, David Baldacci, M.C. Beaton, Mary Higgins Clark and James Patterson.
This is a busy month for book releases. Use your library card to check out new books by Candice Millard, Ransom Riggs, Ursula LeGuin, Nicholas Sparks, Carol Burnett, Carl Hiaasen, Ann Patchett, Craig Johnson, Jonathan Safran Foer, Ian McEwan, Berkeley Breathed, Dave Barry, Clive Cussler, Jim Henson, William Kent Krueger, Norm MacDonald, Nancy Tillman, Jennifer Weiner, Max Lucado, Margaret Atwood, Anne Trubek, Elizabeth Vargas, Emma Donoghue, Mary Pope Osborne and Mo Willems.
September Days
1-7 - International Enthusiasm Week
4 - Newspaper Carriers' Day
8 - International Literacy Day
&National Ampersand Day&
9 - Opposite Day (thanks, Spongebob!)
16 - Anne Bradstreet Day, poet, 1612-1672 (My love is such that rivers cannot quench...")
17 - International Eat an Apple Day
18-24 - International Keep Kids Creative Week
19 - Talk Like a Pirate Day, arrrgghhh
22 - Dear Diary Day (find your old diary or start a new journal)
23 - Love Note Day (write your own or read David Lowenherz's The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time)
24 - National Museum Day
26/10-1- Banned Books Week (Frequently challenged authors include Judy Blume, Aldous Huxley, Toni Morrison and Lois Lowry)
30 - Ask a Stupid Question Day
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