More Mid-Night Poetry

50°f/10°C, clear

The Green Witch

There is a wildness in me

that calls out to the moon

 my sister, the trees

my brothers, the birds 

my children. Green 

clothes me, brown earth 

nurtures my bones, the wind 

perfumes. Only the waters

speak my tongue,  

only the mountains

know my age.

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This Full Moon

45°f/7.2°C, a few clouds, but clearing.

Hunter's Moon

How can I sleep

when the night is lit 

with your shining,

quicksilvered trees,

glistening grass, even

the wild deer gilded

before they flee?

Downside: I can't sleep when the moon is full.

Upside: sometimes I write, in my head, and sometimes I remember to put it on paper in the morning.

A full moon can be blamed for many strange human behaviors (ask any hospital emergency room worker!) For example, here's a few things that have happened/are happening in West Virginia this month:

There's slackliners, who have tried for years for a photo like this at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia:

If you Google Seneca Rocks Moon Walk 2026 you can find many more photos by this group.

This is the first time I had heard of slacklining. People do the most amazing things for fun.

But West Virginia is also known for catapulting people off a very high bridge. Can't blame this one on the moon!

And of course, our famous Pumpkin House. Click here see my photos from our visit there in 2018. Astonishing!

Anything odd happening where you are?

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Murder Mystery Dinner Night

43°F/6°C, still dark but looks like clear skies. The Hunter Moon was so bright again, all night long.

What a fun evening! This isn't really Larry's thing, so I went alone because I wanted to support Shari and her crew at the Artisan Market with their new venture into the world of murder mystery dinners. As it turned out, the dinner was a sellout! I had a great time; several friends were there too, which always makes it nice.

First to find our places...

SdFriends Becky and Bill cleaned up nicely. They were among the suspected murderers!

Dinner, prepared by Evelyn, the Artisan Center's cook, was fabulous. She's only 20, just amazing.

And oh the dessert! I brought most of it home to Larry.

The cast

The little cook Evelyn is in front, just to right of center, in black.

Today we are off to Huntington for Larry's appointment with the cardiologist.  This is one busy week.