Category Archives: moon

Steering between the setting moon and the rising sun

Posted on October 19, 2016 by jyourist

Monthly I travel to Ann Arbor to visit my mother in an assisted living facility. On this last visit, I took her to get her hair done which includes molding her hair into a virtual sculpture by using enormous amounts of hair spray. We waited … Continue reading →

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1,199,232,000 seconds have passed

Posted on December 26, 2015 by jyourist

Christmas Day full moon. An impressive photo that JB took last night just after we finished dinner. 38 years ago was the last time there was a full moon on Christmas. 13,880 days have passed since that date. 1,199,232,000 seconds … Continue reading →

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Glowing bones of an ignored mystery

Posted on October 8, 2015 by jyourist

A spectacular sky this morning on my way to school. The sun had not yet risen. 6:15am. A half crescent moon looking like the x-ray outline of a brilliant white bowl in the dark sky. And beneath it a very … Continue reading →

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Long Night Moon

Posted on December 6, 2014 by jyourist

This is last night’s “Long Night Moon,” aka “Cold Moon” or “Moon before the Yule.” Its name comes from the fact that it is the full moon which spends the longest time all year in the sky (when night is … Continue reading →

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Blood Moon

Posted on October 8, 2014 by jyourist

JB could not help himself. Somewhere around 4:00 this morning he woke me up to come outside and look at the Blood Moon lunar eclipse. I have to admit, I could have put up a fight, and rolled over and … Continue reading →

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JB’s Valentine Full Moon

Posted on February 15, 2014 by jyourist

After a delicious meal of fresh tuna, chard and kale, rice with Kagoshima grains, accompanied by a bottle of Kame (a rich Spanish red table wine acquired from our wine club), JB went outside and captured the full Valentine moon. … Continue reading →

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JB’s Solstice moons

Posted on June 23, 2013 by jyourist

(All photos by JB)

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Snow moon

Posted on February 25, 2013 by jyourist

This is JB’s picture of February’s Snow Moon. Magical, haunting. It is also known as the Hunger Moon or Wolf Moon (for obvious reasons to our ancient predecessors). Tonight we are observing the moon’s fully lit hemisphere with the earth … Continue reading →

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RIP Neil Armstrong 1930-2012

Posted on August 25, 2012 by jyourist

I was nineteen years old when Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon. I remember before I went to bed that night, after watching lots of shaky footage on television of the moon walk, how I stared long and hard … Continue reading →

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A coppery Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2010 by jyourist

A full moon hangs high in the chilly sky, All say it’s the same everywhere, round and bright. But how can one be sure thousands of li away Wind and perhaps rain snow may not be marring the night? –   … Continue reading →

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