Reader, I always feel like September is a month of new beginnings. It hearkens back to my childhood, when we returned to school every year the Tuesday after Labour Day (spelled with a "u" because we lived in Canada). By then, the mornings had usually cooled. The leaves were about to change colour. A whole new school year lay ahead, and who knew what surprises lay ahead? To this day, I crave that sense of possibility and wonder – that chance to step forward into the unknown. And that brings me...