11.   The calendar says that Sunday in Grandparents Day, a fairly recent addition to the list of annual observances.

12.   The calendar says the holidays are over but Wall Street and Madison Avenue are doing their best to convince us otherwise.

13.   The calendar says spring, and here, like everywhere else, each day has a little more sunshine.

14.   The calendar said it was August, but everywhere you looked last weekend, a new season was already attracting the attention of your senses.

15.   The calendar says late October.

16.   The calendar says nobody can run forever.

17.   Spring has sprung, or so the calendar says.

18.   WASHINGTON -- Spring has sprung, or so the calendar says.