August 1, 2012

You saw me standing alone

The August full moon is called the Sturgeon Moon according to Farmer's Almanac. (The sturgeon fishing was great in August-- for the Algonquins.)
But tonight we get a special bonus moon (or you could say the bonus is in 29 days on the 31st) . The Blue Moon occurs "7 times in the 19-year Metonic cycle" or once every two to three years because the  lunar cycle and the solar cycle don't exactly line up. It's not really blue and no one is quite sure where the blue in its name came from. But the saying "once in a blue moon" meaning a rare event comes from the infrequency of full moons like last night's. I hope you all take advantage of it and do something rare and eventful.
And maybe go fishing tonight? I hear the sturgeon are jumpin'.

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