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It's so hot here! Autumn can't arrive soon enough! However, when I was a younger I detested the Fall! Summer vacation was over, school had started and it seemed the following nine months of the school year would never end! Ironically, the funny thing is that those nine long months were actually preparing me in a weird way emotionally and psychologically for a future nine months of pregnancy! When I think about it, those first few months of the new school year, while somewhat exciting, were ac …

The Autumnal Equinox, aka the first day of Fall, arrives here in ten days! The celestial equator is the imaginary north to south line in the sky above the Earth's equator. Fall in the Northern Hemisphere begins at the moment the Sun crosses this line. In St. Louis, my home town, Fall arrives this year on September 23rd at precisely 3:22 a.m. CDT. There is so much to love about this season that will soon enough usher us into the cold of winter. The cooler, but not yet frigid, days and ev …