Thursday, 15 October 2026

Once Upon a Blue Moon

 Image generated by Brutus AI

Be happy, little moon up there

Look forward to New Year

For New Year’s Eve, a special date

Will dry away your lonely tear

 

December there’ll be two of you

No need to wait all alone

No need to scroll down lonely hearts

When you’ll have a love of your own

 

So cheer up, little moon on high

The spells are favouring you

Your golden days in wintertime

Will dance away your blue



 

Reader's Digest Quote:

"Believe it or not, the phrase “blue moon” predates the modern astronomy definition. Back in 1528, an English satire used “the mone is belewe” to describe something absurd, like saying the moon was made of cheese. For centuries, “once in a blue moon” basically meant something that would never happen.

Then in 1883, the impossible suddenly looked a lot more possible. Indonesia’s Krakatoa volcano erupted, sending ash high into Earth’s atmosphere. According to NASA, the particles scattered red light and created reports of blue-green moons for years afterwards. So while most blue moons are blue in name only, the moon really can look blue under rare atmospheric conditions."


https://www.rd.com/article/once-in-a-blue-moon-origin/