It’s also Bluebird of Happiness Day.
Gather up, punctuation fans, this is our day. Take a dash of one, bracket it with another and hyphenate to your heart’s content. You’re set up for a superlatively punctuated day. Period.
A perfectly situated em dash — a personal favourite of this writer — warms the soul on a slightly chilly day.
Montreal’s high of 20 C is nearly three degrees warmer than the historical average for Sept. 24; it’s better than the 1974 record low of 2 C. The day comes with a UV index of 5, or moderate (followed by a nighttime low of 6 C).