<p style="text-align: center;"><em>It is the summer's great last heat,</em><em>
It is the fall's first chill: They meet.</em>
–<a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sarah-morgan-bryan-piatt" target="_blank">Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt</a></p>
Labor Day is two weeks away. This year’s Fall Equinox will arrive on September 23, 4:21 A.M. EDT

Here in my part of the woods, the days are lengthening and the mornings turning chilly.

I'm a former teacher so fall brings nostalgia   But not because I’m longing to be back in a classroom again. To be a teacher again, I’d have to give up too much time and energy I prefer to devote to my writing.

Still, fall will always be one of my favorite times of year because it means
<ul>
	<li>less summertime activity to distract me from writing projects</li>
	<li>school supply sales</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://judythewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Walmart.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5947" src="http://judythewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Walmart-300x293.jpg" alt="Walmart" /></a>Nothing jumpstarts my creativity like a fresh notebook and a sharp new pencil or a bright colored pen.

Never mind, I have plenty of pencils, pens, and notebooks. There’s something compelling about the blank page and a sparkly new pencil.

Plus, who can resist a sale!

Writers, does fall charge you or challenge you?