1. Autumn is officially begun. What stands out most for you as representing Autumn?
   1. Is it the changing color of the leaves and the trees’ limbs standing bare to face the coming cold of Winter?
   2. Is it the temperature change that brings out your heavier clothes?
   3. A memory from youth that you associate with this time?
2. .Halloween closes the month of October. This holiday has religious origins (Hallowed Eve) which are both Christian and not.
   1. Have you a memory to share about this day?
   2. Do you have plans or a wish (wishes) for how this year’s day will present itself?
3. More than one post this month focuses on one or another of the the arts. Do you think October is a month that births artistic creation?
   1. If yes (or no), why?
   2. Do you know of a work of art which expresses the sense of October (or Autumn) or one one which does so for you? Tell us about it.

1. Autumn is officially begun. What stands out most for you as representing Autumn?
   1. Is it the changing color of the leaves and the trees’ limbs standing bare to face the coming cold of Winter?
   2. Is it the temperature change that brings out your heavier clothes?
   3. A memory from youth that you associate with this time?
2. .Halloween closes the month of October. This holiday has religious origins (Hallowed Eve) which are both Christian and not.
   1. Have you a memory to share about this day?
   2. Do you have plans or a wish (wishes) for how this year’s day will present itself?
3. More than one post this month focuses on one or another of the the arts. Do you think October is a month that births artistic creation?
   1. If yes (or no), why?
   2. Do you know of a work of art which expresses the sense of October (or Autumn) or one one which does so for you? Tell us about it.

1. Summer ends and Fall begins within this month.
   1. Write a celebration of either event.
   2. Does September have some special meaning for you. Tell us.
2. National Wildlife Day occurs this month, and one poet writes about a bird he admired.
   1. Do you have a favorite bird? What makes it your favorite?
   2. Perhaps you have another example of wildlife you would like to extol. Share with us.
3. United Nations celebrates International Day of Peace this month. In these turbulent times, peace may seem elusive.
   1. Do you agree?
   2. Or, can you write about a moment or moments of peace you have witnessed?
   3. How do you define peace?

1. Summer ends and Fall begins within this month.
   1. Write a celebration of either event.
   2. Does September have some special meaning for you. Tell us.
2. National Wildlife Day occurs this month, and one poet writes about a bird he admired.
   1. Do you have a favorite bird? What makes it your favorite?
   2. Perhaps you have another example of wildlife you would like to extol. Share with us.
3. United Nations celebrates International Day of Peace this month. In these turbulent times, peace may seem elusive.
   1. Do you agree?
   2. Or, can you write about a moment or moments of peace you have witnessed?
   3. How do you define peace?

1. We are two-thirds of the of the way through this year and World Never Give Up Day pops up on the calendar, but also National Kiss and Make-up Day.
   1. Do these two days have the same goal or not? Take and stance and defend it.
   2. Which of these two days speaks most strongly to you? Why? Tell the world.
2. National Just Because Day and National Beach Day are in the month of August.
   1. Do these two days seem to belong together to you or would you argue not? Tell us.
   2. Pick one of these days and write a poem in praise of the occasion.
3. National Senior Citizens Day occurs in August. Write a tribute to a senior citizen you know or knew.
4. During the hot, often muggy days of August, do you envy the birds in flight, people flying off to cooler places? Share your dreams as a poem or in prose.