The Semicolon is Not a Surgical Procedure.

As an unofficial member of the apostrophe posse, I was thrilled to hear that the oft overlooked and misused matter of punctuation is actually celebrated today with National Punctuation Day.

There's a great book called, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss , but if you don't have time to read it, here's a fun game you can play instead.

Be sure to check out this site from the UK.

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
~Doug Larson, British Olympic Gold Medalist, 1924

Bienvenu l'automne

Instead of my own words, here's a selection of prose by more eloquent writers:

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
~Albert Camus

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot

October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter. ~Nova Bair

falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly
~John Bailey

Enjoy the crispy leaves and cool days.