The Road Less Traveled

Last night was a treat for sky watching; the whole sky was brighter than usual and we could see far into the horizon of the rural landscape due to the bigger and brighter full moon.  Into the late night, it appeared the December Moon sat high above us, directly above the house from 10 pm onward.  December 12^th harkened in the December Moon, or one of its early American folklore moon names, The Christmas Moon.  Coincidentally, because December’s nights are the longest nights of the year, the Christmas Moon has also been coined the, “Long Night Moon.” (Old Farmer’s Almanac)

It is the biggest, brightest full moon of 2008. Typically, the December moon is brighter than her sister moons each calendar year. National Geographic stated this December full moon is approximately 30% brighter and 14% larger than the other 11 full moons this calendar year.  However, this year the December Moon is the brightest we have seen in about 15 years. 

If you are interested in the celestial phenomena, please visit this site for furtherinformation: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081211-biggest-brightest-moon.html

I was reading Today.com’s November Awards recently, and I was impressed. What an awesome community! I hope in time, being a newbie myself at Today.com, I can rise to the challenge of creating a terrific blog. Currently, I feel I am still in orientation, dipping my toes in one day at a time. One thing I am particularly mulling over is the name of this blog. I think that when I find my niche, the name of this blog will emerge. I wonder if anyone has any ideas, maybe brainstorm at this new blog title.

And I’ve been awarded the love link lemonade award twice this past week, which was awesome because a little bit of cheer and reward is always a motivator for me. A sense of positive community is a reward in itself, so congratulations to everyone on Today.com! It is now my task to set out and award ten nominees for the Lemonade Award – spread the love so to speak. My one roadblock to awarding you top ten super bloggers is I am a newbie. Rather than set a solid date when I am publishing the winners, I will set a loose time line of sometime in the new week. This will give me a chance to determine you winners with all fairness to all those I have not yet visited. Let the love begin!