One of our favorite holidays is just around the corner!  No, I am not talking about Halloween (which just might be my favorite), but International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th!  I was told about this “holiday” last year from a friend who knew about my children’s picture book and app, Penelope the Purple Pirate.  When she told me that there was an actual day that was dedicated to only speaking in pirate ALL day – I was estatic!  So, after some research, I discovered it was two shipmates, John Baur and Mark Summers, who created this day back in the 1990’s on a raquetball court.  They had…