September

September always seems to me to mark a beginning in a way that is different to any other month. It’s almost as much of a new start as January is. Perhaps this stems from all those years where September marked the start of the new academic year. Perhaps it is because this is month that marks the end of summer. By the end of September the leaves will be turning, the days getting shorter and the temperatures falling. I’m sure that within the next 30 days where barbeques have been piled up for the last few weeks the first signs of Christmas will appear! Argh…