Autumn is Here
Today marks the autumnal equinox. It’s the first day of fall. For SAD sufferers like myself, it means a rapid descent to long nights and short days. On the other hand, in just ten weeks, it starts to stay light later again. But that is a column for another time. New Years Day may be January 1st, but for those of us who are teachers or are married to teachers (like moi), the real start of the new year is the beginning of September. Labor Day marks the end of summer and beginning of a new season of everything. There are new television shows. There is the new theater season. There is the new NFL and NCAA football season. School starts anew, and we once again ready ourselves for a “new year” based on how we live rather than a day on the calendar. For those of us involved with politics, it marks the beginning of the active political season, especially as we approach a presidential election year. Debates are all over the place. Television commercials begin in earnest for candidates and iss