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December 28: Last Full Moon of 2012

Actually, the full moon event occurred this morning at 4:21 AM Texas time–that’s the moment “when the moon is exactly opposite the sun in the Earth’s sky.” But at 10:30 PM, it still looks pretty dang full. The patterns of light and dark on the moon’s face shift throughout the moon’s cycle. These darker areas […]

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

by Wallace Stevens I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. IV A man and a woman […]