Summer of Bean

For some reason I think it was when I was reading Little Big Man at Moss Jr High back in the early 80s that I was first exposed to the phrase “many moons”, as in “it’s been many moons since I last kissed a girl”.  I do know I picked up the phrase “it’s not a good day to die” from that book.

Anyway, it was while trying to figure out “blue moons” a few months back that I finally figured out the true lunar relation to our four seasons.  Turns out each season contains three full moons: early, mid, and late.  The “blue” moon comes in to play whenever there’s a fourth full moon in a season.  The third moon of a four-moon season is the “blue” moon.  See, I used to believe the blue moon was the second full moon of a calendar month.  The “true” definition is much cooler and more poetic.  The last one occured in May 2008, the next doesn’t come around until November 2010.  You bet that’s on my calendar.

So here it is tonight.  The first moon of summer.  Enjoy.

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