There was a beautiful full moon last night-The Hunter’s Moon. It is the second full moon of autumn, and was named by the Algonquin tribes as the moon for the time to go hunting and prepare for winter. The sky was quite clear and the moon was huge as I drove home from work at 7:00. It had an orange tint. The night before last it was almost full, and there were wavy wisps of clouds in front of the moon, making it look like the perfect backdrop for a a witch on a broom.
Tell about all the books, plays, stories, poems, and music you know of that are concerned with the moon. What are your own moon stories? Why is the moon so inspiring?
Lovely intro, Renee.
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Thanks, Steve.
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This morning as the dog walked me through part of the neighborhood, the moon was fuzzy. A high fog (low thin cloud) made the moon look like a nearly mature floating seed.
Were we supposed to hunt caterpillars or dandelion floaters?
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Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone.
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Nice!
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So many children’s books – the ones I remember:
Goodnight Moon, of course
Wait Till the Moon is Full – my favorite, also by Margaret Wise Brown
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
Tuesday eve we were down at the river for our Sunset/Moonrise viewing, since they were a minute apart that night. Sometimes the moonrise is quite pale, but this night it was bright and deeply colored.
Cat Stevens’ – I’m being followed by a Moonshadow.
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Guess I could’ve refreshed before posting – great minds….
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Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon up in the sky..
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I think this is my favorite Moon song.
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This one makes my spirit soar.
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Gosh, there’s end to the moon songs. They’re not all happy ones, either.
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There’s No end to the moon songs. Sheesh.
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An eclectic selection worthy of TLGMS, PJ!
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“No end to moon songs” . . . Greg Brown has at least 12 moon songs of his own! The line I always remember (from the song Flat Stuff): “The sun looks like a cookie, didn’t come out right; the moon looks like a cookie, someone stole a bite!”
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I love the line in his song, Daughters: “Dad, the moon is comin’ home with us.”
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CCR. That’s the one I thought of first.
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Look what I found right next to Eva Cassidyoon river
this is the most hauntingly beautiful song she ever did
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Oh yeah!
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I was hoping this one would go up!
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Colleen Dewhust won a Tony for this performance.
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I love Tom Waits.
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I was just thinking I’d post that one if no one else did.
Bonus: The moon in the video looks a lot like the moon in the header photo.
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Apollo landings.
Blue Moon beer.
A gesture of disdain with bare butt.
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Pondering the various idioms where the moon means something different.
Reach for the moon = reach for the impossible.
Over the moon = be extremely happy.
Once in a blue moon = rarely
Many moons ago = a long time ago.
Think someone hung the moon = think extremely highly of someone.
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I like Nancy Griffith’s version, too
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I do too, but I can’t stand her speaking voice. Drives me nuts.
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moon·y [mo͞onē]
ADJECTIVE
dreamy and unaware of one’s surroundings, for example because one is in love.
(from bing.com)
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Not to be confused with a Moonie, follower of Sun Myung Moon.
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and there’s Moon Zappa (formerly called Moon Unit):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa
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Meant to insert this early under Wes’
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Then there’s the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence.
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And Steinbeck’s The Moon Is Down
Robert Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Read one this year by Paul Auster: Moon Palace
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Wow, didn’t know that one.
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Such happy music.
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He is singing about the Hunter’s moon!
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That was to go under Van Morrison!
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Fabulous day on the trail all!!!!!
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