Harvest Moon, For Me and My Gal

Fall                                               Full Harvest Moon What a great moon in the southern sky.  As I drove back from St. Paul, after sheepshead, the night had grown chill. On the way in the full harvest moon hung high in the east behind a scrim of cirrus clouds, casting a pale circle, surrounding itself in a nimbus of […]

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Leaving Us, June Cleaver

Fall                                          Waxing Harvest Moon That ol’ harvest moon has swollen past a half and has Jupiter as a pendant.  The jewelry that adorns our night makes the homogeneous light of day seem dull, unimaginative. Two more signs of approaching old age:  June Cleaver dies at age 94.  Mr. Cunningham from Happy Days dies at age […]

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Machado, The Pathmaker

Lughnasa                                Full Harvest Moon At about 8:00/8:30 pm I drove over to Than Do to pick up some take out.  At the end of our cul de sac, a bit above the tree tops, was a golden harvest moon.  It stopped me.  The moon always catches me, draws my breath  up from deep within, a […]

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