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Jewish World Review
August 3, 2012/ 15 Menachem-Av, 5772
Rising moon leaves viewers beaming
By
Lori Borgman
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A full moon has always been an event for me, something like a marvelous dessert on lovely china.
When our children were small, we occasionally took nighttime walks to see a full moon, or any moon at all. One evening the moon was in the waning crescent phase, with just under a quarter of it still shining in the sky. A tiny voice said, "Look, Dad a croissant moon."
Several years ago we were driving through the Ozark Mountains at night. It was nearing 11 and I had fallen asleep. The husband nudged me and said, "Open your eyes." We were climbing a steep hill and at the top loomed a breath-taking moon, enormous, stretched across the night, peering over the hilltop.
Not long ago I was on a flight that hop scotched across the country. We took off from Kansas City as the sun was setting and a full moon was rising. Cattle grazed in fields right next to the runway. It was a bucolic scene, soft green pasture, peaceful cattle, a pink sky and a full moon.
We landed in Chicago amid thick clouds and rain. When we took off again, we soared through the layers and layers of clouds, finally cleared them and there it was waiting, the moon. It was playing a game of cat and mouse, hiding behind the plane. The round white ball bounced a brilliant reflection off the plane's wing. The light of the moon outlined the rim of the plane and hit the rows and rows of ruffled clouds below with a bare bulb top light. It was as though heaven had turned on the porch light.
When my father had cancer, one night he and I sat out back on his patio after dinner. We sat in lounge chairs and watched the moon rise.
I thought of my mother who had died several years earlier. She once told my dad that after they both died, they should agree to meet behind the moon. He said that was fine, but she was never where she said she'd be.
We sat without words watching the moon. The silvery orb was tinged with pink against a turquoise sky. Slowly, the moon warmed to a rich buttery yellow and the sky darkened to a deep emerald blue. We sat there for a long time, not saying a word, just watching another day slip into the shadows while the moon rose to light the night.
The bugs started biting, so we got out of our chairs and headed inside when we noticed that the sun had been setting behind us. It was a lovely sunset with peach and apricot clouds streaking the sky, but we'd been enjoying the moon.
We're geared toward the big show, spectacular sunrises and sunsets with their fire bursts of color. The moon is the off-Broadway production without the big budget and splash reviews, but it still delights. That shouldn't be any surprise. Beauty and quiet pleasures are often found in unexpected places.
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