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. 

More Witchiness!

44°f/6.7°C, clear and dry. So thankful for the low humidity this month!

Saturday evening, after our trip to the winery, we came home and I got ready for our next broom dance. This one was part of the town of Ripley's Monster Bash, a free event for families with dancing, a DJ, free snacks and a costume contest.  

What fun to dance under the almost-full moon!

On the way out. I wore layers because the temperature drops pretty quickly after the sun goes down. I wore a heavy black cardigan under the lacy top, and was comfortable all evening. I brought along my heavy old quilted coat, just in case, but it stayed in the van.

Gathering!

Larry took photos. He's not very good at it, but he tries. I converted these two to black and white, since they were blurry.

Dancing! Only 6 of us showed up, but we created quite a stir as a group. Funny to think that 300 years ago we were hanging witches,  but now they dance in the streets! 

Quite often Larry turns the camera around without even realizing it, and takes some funny selfies.

Our group

And I guess that's it for the broom dance this year. I waz so happy to be able to do it again, after my knee made it too painful for several years.

Now, this old witch is back to her regularly scheduled program!