I like calendars. Most people don’t use them anymore as they keep track of dates and appointments on their phones.

I’m old-fashioned and I like a calendar hanging on the wall in my kitchen. I like the pictures on the calendar, whether it’s flowers, birds, sunsets or kittens. Every month has a new picture and every month I start out with rows of blank squares that eventually get filled in with things I should do or places I need to go.

At the beginning of the new year, all the pages are blank and it is up to me how I fill those blank squares. At the beginning of every month,...