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The super moon has come and gone, the moon only its normal lunarity tonight. \u00a0Deciding that each moon at perigee is a super moon strains the adjective too far. \u00a0The marginally larger and closer moon would be truer.<\/p>\n
The lead up to the super moon did reignite my never far dormant moon watching passion. \u00a0This Japanese ritual seems very well suited to life’s third phase. \u00a0Quiet, dignified, can be done without glasses at home. \u00a0No money changes hands. \u00a0A glass of tea, or a shot of single malt, a beer. \u00a0Some cheese and the moon beside us on the deck.<\/p>\n
As our closest neighbor in the overwhelming emptiness that is our universe, the moon has a special place, a unique place in our lives. \u00a0It illumines the night, goes through its phases each lunar month, defining tides and creating romantic moments.<\/p>\n
I’m finding it hard to describe why the moon fascinates me so much. \u00a0Not about astronomy. \u00a0Or moon walks. \u00a0Something about its floating, silvery presence. \u00a0A silent partner to the dark its moods changes with the seasons. \u00a0The floating harvest moon, round and large and orange differs from the white full moon that passes through the cold skies of the winter solstice time. \u00a0The moon of the summer can preside over long evenings outside, a dim lantern providing just the right amount of just the right kind of light.<\/p>\n
It also figures in story and myth. \u00a0The goddess Diana and her crescent moon, which appears in so many portraits of the virgin mary, especially our Lady of Guadalupe. \u00a0Lon Chaney’s version of the Wolfman: \u00a0“Even a man who is pure at heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf\u00a0when the wolfbane blooms\u00a0and the autumn moon is bright.”<\/p>\n
Not quite getting there and I’m tired. \u00a0Will try again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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