moon

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there's a slightly greater chance 

that the 13th will occur on a Friday 

rather than any of the other six days of the week

i couldn't see the full moon because the sky was cloudy

the full moon occurred at 12:11 a.m. EDT, exactly

this was the strawberry moon

so called because of the brief

strawberry picking time

13 is a baker's dozen because

baker's used to cheat their customers

with light loaves of bread

a 13th loaf kept them out of jail

12 is a divine number

13 transgresses this completeness

if 13 people sit down at a table, one will die

in a Tarot deck, XIII is the Death card

13 is my lucky number

Flash 55 - Wine, Women and ...

Wine, women and ... a sentiment first written of in fourteenth century Persia advocates Hedonism. Who can argue with the idea that an individual’s ultimate pleasure is the highest good that can be achieved? Certainly not I, bubala. In fact, I suggest you spend this weekend pleasuring yourself. How are you going to finish the phrase?

Feel free to pleasure the G-Man, too.

I had a great time with friends last night. We sat on my front porch, drank some wine and chatted for a couple of hours. Definitely a pleasure that must be repeated soon.

Did you see the beautiful full pink full moon last night? It wasn’t pink but orange when I looked at it. It’s called pink (in North America) because of a flower that blooms this time of year signalling the start of Spring. This was the first lunar eclipse (partial) this year but we couldn’t see it in the Americas. I hope you made your offerings to the Goddess. Pink is her favorite color. The next lunar eclipse will be May 25th and we should be able to see that one.

My new couch did not come yesterday. You know, you just can’t trust anyone. The salesmen made this big deal about the delivery date being yesterday and when I called customer service to say we didn’t get our call, what time are they coming, I was informed it was back ordered and not due until the 30th. Then, I looked at my sales slip and lo and behold, the delivery guarantee was for sometime before May 28th. My bad for not reading carefully enough but I’m still going to complain. Their verbal shenanigans still constitute a contract. Good thing we didn’t throw out the old one in this week’s trash.I want my damn couch.

I’m writing like a maniac to get to my 50,000 before the end of this month and have the first draft of The Salt Lover’s Book of Magic done. I’m getting close. It’s times like these that having a semi plan beforehand really helps. I’d be in trouble without it.

My husband, QV, thinks I’m nuts. I just told him he has to drive me on 295 to get photos of a farm I saw in passing a couple of weeks ago. I want to do a painting of it. I figure it’s safer if he takes me rather than my trying to take pictures while I’m driving 65 miles an hour. I’m such a responsible adult, aren’t I? Children don’t do this at home.

Another bright sunny day here in the ‘hood. These little birds keep attacking the screens on my front porch and living room windows. They hook their little feetsies in the mesh and peck at something, maybe bugs. They sure are having a good time, whatever it is they are after.

Oh, oh. We have a boat. QV had bought this nice little motor with his father years ago. They had it in the garage of one of his father’s “girlfriends” for years, even after QV’s father died. She tried to get QV to do some”work” on her house because this motor was stored there. I encouraged him to remove his engine from her garage (*giggles* intentional because I’m twelve.) So he sold it to this guy for $800. Well, now the motor is attached to this cute little boat and we are buying motor, boat and trailer for $1,000 bucks - really just $200. Can’t beat those numbers. I’ll be floating on the Delaware soon, so beware.

Fun Fall Facts

Happy Mabon, everyone. This is the first harvest celebration (in the Northern Hemisphere), the Feast of Ingathering. Give thanks for the fruits of the earth today. Light and dark are equal on this day but from now on the darkness begins to grow. The earth moves into its cycle of sleep. Use the coming months for meditation, thought, reorganization and planning.

For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the start of Spring. The light begins to grow as does the Earth. It’s time to use the energy you’ve stored all Winter.

This is a special Autumnal Equinox. It was officially at 11.09 PM on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in my neck of the woods (New Jersey, USA.)

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[south west from my house on September 23, 2010 at 6 AM - Jupiter is below and to the left of the moon]

Looking in the night sky you will see the Harvest Moon (the first full moon of Fall) and Jupiter in opposition.

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[south west from my house on September 23, 2010 at 6 AM - Jupiter is below and to the left of the moon]

This two day period will be the only time in my lifetime that I will be able to see the full moon and Jupiter’s all-night appearance at the same time on the Autumnal equinox.