Because PPB did it and she's a rock star.

The first line from the first post of each month this year:

• I have to work hard to calculate what day it is according to the calendar; all I know is that the divine Miss M is five days old.
  
  
• Yesterday was one of those freak-out days.
  
  
• Excuse me, states *to which* I've been... ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
  
  
• Maternity leave ends today, with mixed emotions.
  
  
• We had a wonderful weekend.
  
  
• Today is the three-year anniversary of my ordination.
  
  
• We're here. Ahhhhhhhh...
  
  
• two more toofies arrived today!
  
  
• This is one of mine... a timely one since we just got home from taking C and MaDear to Baltimore airport, then we grabbed a couple of crabcake sandwiches and came home with a brief stop at the National Cryptologic Museum next to the NSA, which R has been wanting to do.
  
  
• 3 1/2 years
  
  
• Please share your thoughts on the following.
  
  
• they looked up, and saw a star shining

Analysis: I get in a very declarative mood around the first of each month, with a couple of notable exceptions (October's near-runon sentence).