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📅 September 2026

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25 days of September 2026, newest first — the same card the sidebar hands you each morning.

Scripting is switched off, which is extremely 1999 of you and completely fine — every link on this page is a real link and the month below is all here. All the scripting does is mark your today and, if this page was published a while ago, work out the days since.

Friday, September 25, 2026 today

βόλτα
volta
/VOL-tah/
Greek
a leisurely evening stroll to see and be seen
“the whole town, out for a wander at dusk”

Thursday, September 24, 2026

mensch
/mensh/
Yiddish
a person of real integrity and kindness
“simply, a genuinely good egg”

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

ayni
/EYE-nee/
Quechua
reciprocity — today I help you, tomorrow you help me
“a whole economy running on kindness, returned”

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

կարոտ
karot
/kah-ROT/
Armenian
longing for someone, or somewhere, far away
“the missing that has settled in for the long haul”

Monday, September 21, 2026

tartle
/TAR-tul/
Scots
to hesitate on a name mid-introduction
“that panicked pause — "this is… my dear friend…"”

Sunday, September 20, 2026

teranga
/teh-RAHN-gah/
Wolof
warm, generous hospitality toward guests
“a whole nation known for its open door”

Saturday, September 19, 2026

yakamoz
/YAH-kah-moz/
Turkish
the reflection of moonlight shimmering on water
“the sea, wearing the moon”

Friday, September 18, 2026

Weltschmerz
/VELT-shmerts/
German
a tender sadness at the world's imperfection
“caring so much about the world it aches a little”

Thursday, September 17, 2026

indaba
/in-DAH-bah/
Zulu
a matter of concern — and the gathering where a community talks it through
“the meeting is named for the thing worth meeting about”

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

empalagar
/em-pah-lah-GAR/
Spanish
to be so sweet it becomes cloying
“when the dessert (or the flattery) is just a bit too much”

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

myötähäpeä
myotahapea
/MYUR-tah-hah-peh-ah/
Finnish
vicarious embarrassment felt for someone else
“wince — you feel it for them, and that is empathy really”

Monday, September 14, 2026

Waldeinsamkeit
/VALD-ine-zam-kite/
German
the serene feeling of being alone in the woods
“just you, the trees, and a wonderful quiet”

Sunday, September 13, 2026

محفل
mehfil
/MEH-fil/
Urdu
a gathering for music, poetry, and good company
“a room where the evening is measured out in couplets”

Saturday, September 12, 2026

terroir
/tair-WAHR/
French
the taste a place gives its food and wine
“you can taste the very hillside in the glass”

Friday, September 11, 2026

почемучка
pochemuchka
/pah-cheh-MOOCH-kah/
Russian
a person (often a child) who asks endless questions
“the "but why?" champion of the household”

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Fingerspitzengefühl
Fingerspitzengefuhl
/FING-er-shpit-sen-ge-fool/
German
"fingertip feeling" — intuitive tact and finesse
“knowing exactly the right touch, right when it is needed”

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Feierabend
/FYE-er-ah-bent/
German
the relaxed leisure at the end of a workday
“the moment the tools go down and the evening is yours”

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

prozvonit
/PRO-zvoh-nyeet/
Czech
to ring someone once so they call you back
“the thrifty one-ring, immortalized”

Monday, September 7, 2026

kvell
/kvel/
Yiddish
to burst with pride and joy over someone you love
“grandparents at a graduation, in one verb”

Sunday, September 6, 2026

tereré
terere
/teh-reh-REH/
Guarani
iced yerba mate, passed around a circle of friends
“a cold drink whose entire point is that you share it”

Saturday, September 5, 2026

სუფრა
supra
/SOO-prah/
Georgian
a Georgian feast, and the long table it happens around
“a meal so unhurried it becomes an institution”

Friday, September 4, 2026

friolero
/free-oh-LEH-roh/
Spanish
someone especially sensitive to feeling cold
“the "can we close the window?" person, finally named”

Thursday, September 3, 2026

kilig
/KEE-lig/
Tagalog
the giddy butterflies of a romantic moment
“the swoon you feel right down to your fingertips”

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

ᎣᏏᏲ
osiyo
/oh-see-YOH/
Cherokee
hello
“a greeting written in a syllabary one man sat down and invented”

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

irie
/eye-REE/
Jamaican Patois
feeling good; everything is all right
“an entire mood, answered in two syllables”

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