full moon tonight
september’s full moon is the harvest moon and it is the full moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. it is so named because at the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this moon. corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice, the chief indian staples, are ready [...]
full moon tomorrow
the august full moon is known as the sturgeon moon. the fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the great lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. a few tribes knew it as the red moon because, as [...]
full moon tomorrow
the native american name for the july full moon is the buck moon since july is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer first appear in coatings of velvety fur. the july moon is also called the thunder moon, for obvious reasons. i found an anthology of women’s poetry last night from [...]
full moon tonight
adam’s complaint (denise levertov) some people, no matter what you give them, still want the moon. the bread, the salt, white meat and dark, still hungry. the marriage bed and the cradle, still empty arms. you give them land, their own earth under their feet, still they take to the roads. and water: dig them [...]
full moon
“i have loved the stars too well to be frightened of the night.” full moon tonight. the english name for the june full moon is the ‘flower moon’. by lunar accounts, june is unique this year in that it has two full moons, the second of which, on june 30th, will be called a ‘blue [...]
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