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Monday, September 1 ^ TOP

Check out EVERYTHING TOMIE!
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www.tomie.com
See Noelle’s illustration for the Splash Page.
Artists who want their illustrations considered
for the Splash Page should submit them to the address
that follows. Use “Tomie.com” in the illustration as
Noelle did. Make sure that you tell us your age and hometown.

Splash Page Illustration
Bob Hechtel
111 County Road
New London, NH 03257

Lily’s birthday (a friend in California)

Labor Day

Tuesday, September 2 ^ TOP

Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day)
September 2, 1945 is when the formal surrender
ceremony was held in Tokyo.

Play Days

Wednesday, September 3 ^ TOP

Arrange for pool to be closed.

Thursday, September 4 ^ TOP

Bright Idea Day

Begin moving pots of plants into the greenhouses.

Friday, September 5 ^ TOP

Pay bills.

Cheese Pizza Day
I always order pizza with extra cheese.

Saturday, September 6 ^ TOP

Read a Book Day

Sunday, September 7 ^ TOP

Emma’s birthday (a friend in Minnesota)

Working Mother’s Day

Monday, September 8 ^ TOP

Cataract surgeries follow-up eye appointment

Nose Hair Maintenance Day

Tuesday, September 9 ^ TOP

Debbi’s birthday (a friend in Connecticut)

Hot Dog Day

Wednesday, September 10 ^ TOP

Maureen’s birthday (a friend in Florida)

Ozzie’s birthday (a friend in New Hampshire)

Begin cutting back plants in the perennial gardens.

Thursday, September 11 ^ TOP

Judy-Sue’s birthday (a friend in Massachusetts)

Sherry’s birthday (a dear friend in Massachusetts)

Make Your Bed Day

Friday, September 12 ^ TOP

Fly to Los Angeles

Saturday, September 13 ^ TOP

Brontë’s birthday (FOUR years old)

Luigi’s birthday (a friend in New Hampshire)

Maria’s birthday (a friend in New York)

Sunday, September 14 ^ TOP

Zelda’s birthday (the July Splash Page artist)

Hug a Crabby Stranger Day

Monday, September 15 ^ TOP

AN INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY! (My birthday!)

Dustin’s birthday (a friend in New York)

William Howard Taft was born on this day.
He was the 27th U.S. President.

Tuesday, September 16 ^ TOP

Return home from Los Angeles

Martin’s birthday (www.marklincandle.com)

Leah’s birthday (my dancing school teacher)

Working Parents Day

Wednesday, September 17

Thursday, September 18 ^ TOP

I’ll receive the 2008 New England Book Award
for Children’s Books from NEIBA
(New England Independent Booksellers Association)
in Boston.

Friday, September 19 ^ TOP

Pay bills.

Master Massey’s birthday (a friend in New Hampshire)

Sara’s birthday (a friend in Australia)

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Saturday, September 20 ^ TOP

Noelle’s birthday (the September Splash Page artist)

Wife Appreciation Day

Sunday, September 21 ^ TOP

Bern’s birthday (a sweetie pie in Vermont)

International Day of Peace

Monday, September 22 ^ TOP

Autumn begins (my favorite season)

Franny and Fuffy’s birthdays (my twin cousins)

Tuesday, September 23 ^ TOP

Mary Ann’s birthday (friend of “Barney”)

Stephanie’s birthday (extraordinary house cleaner)

Chocolate Day

Wednesday, September 24 ^ TOP

Kiss Day

Thursday, September 25 ^ TOP

Buy pumpkins to decorate the courtyard.

Friday, September 26 ^ TOP

Pay bills.

Pancake Day
PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST?

Saturday, September 27 ^ TOP

Sandy’s birthday (a friend in Australia)

Arrange for snow throwers to be serviced.

Sunday, September 28 ^ TOP

Good Neighbor Day

Monday, September 29 ^ TOP

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.

Tuesday, September 30 ^ TOP

Rosh Hashanah

One month until the publication of BRAVA, STREGA NONA!