Moonlight mooning
It's Freya's day . . . lots of moon news today (below) and tomorrow (stay tuned) . . .
. . . and in the mailbox this morning, more thanks for Dark Brandon . . .
Yesterday evening (U.S. time) some of us watched the the first U.S.-built spacecraft land on the moon in more than 50 years and the first ever by a private company. In case you missed it . . .
A few notable moments from the past:
Today in 1945, U.S. servicemen raised the American flag over Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II.
Today is the 156th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois' birth. The the most important Black protest leader in the U.S. during the first half
of the 20th century was born on this date in 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
339 years ago today, George Frideric Handel was born in 1685, Halle, Brandenburg, Germany.
And, 24 years ago tonight, Carlos Santana was awarded nine Grammy Awards for his album Supernatural.
The moon taps at my window.
Stars spell out their concern.
I pretend I do not see.
― Darshana Suresh, Howling at the Moon. Platypus Press Limited; 1st edition , 2016.
Created by Yang, the manifest
patriarchy would have us turn
away from Yin and all its dark mysteries and power.
The “mother of the ten-thousand-things”
is the fierce and tender nurturer of us all.
Yang wants to name and possess her
and all it names, to become the Sun God
while fearful of the changes brought by the moon.
In dreams, the Sun does not blind.
— jab