Well, here we are in September \u2014 summer is in the rear view mirror, here comes fall. Of course everything\u2019s different this year, but usually September is a pretty busy month \u2014 start of school, football season, lots of crops are being harvested and people are beginning to think about preparing for winter. Seems like a lot of significant events take place in September, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m not sure why I thought of this, but in September, 1972 I spent a good part of the month in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was there that I learned about the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. There was a movie made about that, called One Day in September<\/em> \u2014 I noticed it was playing on one of the TV channels recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But anyhow, September\u2019s name comes from the Latin word septem, meaning \u201cseven.\u201d As has been discussed here before, September was the seventh month of the early Roman calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Old England, September was called Harvest Month. And we\u2019ll have a lot to celebrate this month \u2014 Labor Day, Patriot Day (in honor and remembrance of those who died in the September 11 attacks in 2001,) Grandparents Day and Constitution Day, not to mention Talk Like a Pirate Day. But we can\u2019t forget the Autumn Equinox, Yom Kippur and Michaelmas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, hopefully we\u2019ve got a good month ahead\u2026 September is the only month with the same number of letters as the number of the month \u2014 it\u2019s the ninth month and has nine letters. That must mean something\u2026. Well, here we are in September \u2014 summer is in the rear view mirror, here comes fall. Of course everything\u2019s different this year, but usually September is a pretty busy month \u2014 start of school, football season, lots of crops … Continue reading
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