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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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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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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