Moonlight! That mysterious lantern beaming down at us from above. I can hardly wait for you to see the cover of the newest Ned McNeil mystery coming out this year. I like it! It has, of course, the moon and guess what? There’s a circle around it. Now, we know a circle around the moon […]
Nov 14, 2016
The Heavens Declare
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Last night’s super moon lit the evening sky. Moonlight has a special, serene effect. People on the earth may be engaged in all sorts of turmoil: wars, crime, anger, dissensions; an enormous earthquake and tsunami that hit New Zealand, droughts here, floods there, yet the moon, beautiful and majestic, shines above it all. I […]
Feb 23, 2016
The Full Moon and Gregg Shorthand
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There it was, sailing high above the maple in the back yard, white and full and serene. The Snow Moon, or Hunger Moon, shone down in all its brilliance. I, of course, thought of how mysterious it looked. Our scientists have pretty much proved it isn’t made of green cheese. It’s rocky and dusty and […]
Jan 17, 2014
Howling at the Moon
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Now that lovely moon that I wrote about yesterday is waning. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, it is 99% full which, to me, is full! I can’t tell that one per cent has vanished. Also, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, it is known as the Wolf Moon, Yule Moon, Snow Moon, all because this bright […]
Sep 2, 2013
Perseverance
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Did anyone notice the moon last night? It was a silver sliver, sort of like a lop-sided smile, beautiful and serene. If the moon had human emotions, I wonder what it would feel as it gazes down on mankind? Would it be disbelief, horror, amazement, awe, perhaps apprehension? Or, depending on where and when it […]
