Thursday

This is Sigrid and Lane.  Lane came to ATU from Colorado.  She isn’t staying. She’s had accidents in her car and she’s a long way from home.  She’s transferring next school term probably.  It’s a small world.  Her great grandfather and I were teachers at the same school.

My friend Mary sent me this blessing in the mail.  It’s wonderful.  Mary is my friend who is 94.  When I visited her Monday, she had me sit in her most comfortable chair.  It’s a glider and she could not recall that word.  Yesterday she called me as she remembered glider.  I can’t think of words often.  What will I be like when I’m 94!

Moon over Crow Mountain—it’s called the Snow Moon.  Picture with my old phone is not a good one.  Glad we’re having spring and not snowy weather.  The Snow Moon is named because of the typically heavy snowfall that occurs in February. On average, February is the United States’ snowiest month, according to National Weather Service. Lots of other names for this month’s Moon—Hunger Moon, Eagle Moon, Bear Moon, Raccoon Moon, Groundhog Moon, and Goose Moon. February’s full Moon is also a “Micromoon” this year. The opposite of a “Supermoon.”  This full Moon is at its farthest point from Earth (not the nearest point). In astronomical terms, this is called “apogee.”  February’s Micro full Moon is about 252,225 miles from Earth. The moon doesn’t orbit the earth in a perfect circle but it’s elliptical making some full moons farther away than others.