Just Past "Super Harvest Moon" Tonight

The Harvest Moon is the full Moon occurring closest to the autumnal equinox. When the full Moon occurs on the autumnal equinox,as it did this year, it is called a "Super Harvest Moon.". We missed out this past Wednesday, but tonight is a beautiful clear night, sitting out back with my beloved and a pair of binoculars.We saw Oliver Stone's Wall Street this afternoon, and on a clear, if warmish,autumn night, the meshughas of the political and economic World seems far away indeed. Catch the view it if you can. Of course, Neil Young's song of the same name in the background. Enjoy!

CODA: R.I.P., Baby Opossum

We had just returned from the New York Sports Club, and I was making a very nice salad for lunch when My Better Half came in and reported there was a rat, dead, in the passage next to our home, where the trash bins are kept.When I went outside to survey the carnage and determine the logistics of cleanup, it was immediately apparent that this tweren't no rat.Nope, the little varmint turned out to be a baby opossum that had gone for the count.My son and I did the necessary critter removal and that was that.