Tag Archives: moon

When the moon hits your eye…That’s Amore!

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

Sometimes mysterious wild & crazy things just happen. Like, let’s say, you’re visiting the bathroom early in the evening when–yes! outside the window!–a delicious almost-full moon arises.  It settles between the branches of the poplar trees and winks boldly in … Continue reading →

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Endless clink of logs: filling the wood room another moonlit night

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

Full cold steady stare of white moon’s face illuminates our wood room filling adventures. Sparkling snowflakes gleam against dark evergreens like fireflies.  Soft and alive and diamond, then gone. We crank open the heavy wood room door.  An endless winter … Continue reading →

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Finding your way home again

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

Here is a little story inspired by blog reader Colleen who was fascinated by a recent comment about some of our inky black nights in the woods.  You can’t see your familiar hands, your feet, your journey to the mailbox.  … Continue reading →

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Neil Armstrong, you’re on the moon tonight

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

I just heard the news. Neil Armstrong has died.  A good 82 years strong, he’s now passed on. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon on a July evening, back in 1969. He was my hero, that moon-dust walker, because he … Continue reading →

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the moon decided.

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

the moon decided. that it was a deep enough subject. that it was worthy of revealing itself to you. the moon winked. it winked to you in dreams. and in unexpected blogs. goodnight, moon. we’ll sleep sound tonight beneath your waning glory. … Continue reading →

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Lady in the moon

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Who says there’s a “man” in the moon? I think there’s a woman hiding out in her shadows, playing with the branches softly veiling her face. The moon is definitely female.  She waxes; she wanes.  She changes with cycles.  She … Continue reading →

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Chili Party at Midnight Under a Full Moon

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

  Last night I went to bed before 10 p.m. (as usual) and lay there tossing and turning for what seemed to be hours. At midnight Barry sauntered in from the garage and poked his head into the bedroom. “How … Continue reading →

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No perfect moons allowed!

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

People, people!  All of us with our cameras trekking out into the night attempting to photograph the PERFECT super-moon.  All of us trying to find the right f-stops and apertures and ISO’s and support for our shaky cameras. So many of … Continue reading →

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“Speak to us of Reason and Passion.”

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Reason and Passion~~by Khalil Gibran “And the priestess spoke again and said: “Speak to us of Reason and Passion.” And he answered saying: Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion … Continue reading →

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Slow waltz of the quarter moon

Posted on February 9, 2010 by

Yesterday I felt absolutely…peaceful.  Have you ever experienced a day that felt like a soft cushion upon which your soul lingered?  A day so peaceful that nary a breeze blew to disrupt the sense of joy and contentment?  That was … Continue reading →

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