A Thousand Country Roads

Once in a Blue Moon

January 2, 2010 in Holiday; Musings; Love; Beauty; Magic
The Sight My Eyes Beheld;
December 31, 2009

Once again, I find myself writing about one of my all-time favorite joys in life: our lunar neighbor, which I oft’ refer to as the silver apples of the moon. Such a beautifully metaphorical phrase, coined by the great Irish poet William Butler Yeats in his poem The Song of Wandering Aengus. But there’s another metaphorical-as well as cliché-phrase that ties in with the moon, that being “once in a blue moon”. And that’s what this is all about.

A blue moon speaks not of the color, or any sadness-as in feeling blue-but the rarity of its occurence. A blue moon is when there are two full moons in the same calender month, which is a not-common happening. It happens roughly every two and a half years, and only four or five times in a hundred year period will there be two blue moons within the same year, truly being a rare thing. The etymologyof the term is unclear but the expression blue moon dates back to the era of Shakespeare. As for the meaning, it’s basically a way of saying “not very often.”

And a not-very-often event is what I was blessed to see on New Year’s Eve. Not only was it a blue moon, but it was the first one on New Year’s Eve since 1990, and the next one to happen on a December 31st will not be until 2028, truly giving the meaning “not very often” great credence.

But not only did this blue moon bring in a new year and decade, it was also a poetic and symbolic ending to what has been the happiest of all and any years in my life. Not a once in a blue moon year, but a once in a lifetime kind of year. And I owe that to the very special lady and Anghel who has graced my life with her love and with whom I have many more “New Year’s” and blue moons to share. Thank you, M’Lady, for the gifts you have bestowed upon me.

I wish all a very happy and prosperous new beginning, and very special wishes for my Anghel in what will not only be a new year, but a new beginning for the both of us in what will truly be our once in a blue moon, in a lifetime, year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MABUHAY!

About Harry

There's really nothing special to share about me. I'm a simple man who leads a simple life, still in search of knowledge and the enlightenment it gives to my still-growing mind. And I do believe in magic, for it is out there, waiting to be discovered by those whose hearts and minds are open to the possibility, and whose eyes are willing to look past the obvious and seek the realm of the mystical. As I once read in a description of my traits based on my birthdate, I'm a dreamer of dreams, a teller of tales whose mystic mind knows that truth prevails. And as the great poet Robert Frost said:
"...I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."