It's The Full Moon - Snow Moon 2019
Dear seekers after truth,
Tonight’s moon is being touted by CNN as “2019’s biggest and brightest supermoon.”
I don’t know about you, but I miss those simpler days when a full moon was just a full moon.
Now it seems like every month we get a Double Blood Ultra-Eclipse Moon.
It’s always sad to see an aging luminary, especially one as respected as the moon, resorting to such desperate measures for a bit of publicity.
Anyways, here we go:
HOROSCOPES
Aries
For twenty seconds of a morning commute, a brilliant movie idea thrills you, making you feel more alive than you have in years, until you realize with a sickening pang that your idea is just a marginally grittier take on an existing film franchise.
Taurus
You lose track of time in a bath. A lost item that reappears in plain sight makes you question everything. You catch more of the Oscars than you would have expected.
Gemini
A Save the Date arrives. It’s rustic.
Cancer
A strange month: You almost consider attending an art exhibit. You dream of Wolf Blitzer. A soft pretzel at the mall doesn’t taste right.
Leo
Beware cousins who want to “catch up.”
Virgo
You have a numinous experience accompanied by a rite of passage. No one notices.
Libra
Jumper cables are in your future.
Scorpio
A Facebook post attracts the ire of an aunt. A scratch ticket pays off. An ex-friend’s legal troubles delight.
Sagittarius
You will be insulted by a child.
Capricorn
On a Saturday morning jog, you become the second person this year to kill a mountain lion with your bare hands. The media shrugs.
Aquarius
A colleague makes an advance. A ski lodge turns out to be haunted. A haircut disappoints.
Pisces
Avoid candlepin bowling at all costs.
WRITING NEWS
Earlier this month, the author and teacher Beth Kephart published a book on memoir and memoir makers, Strike the Empty: notes for readers, writers, and teachers of memoir, which includes a brief discussion of my first book and excerpts from an interview I did with Beth. I was happy to be part of her project, and I recommend the book to those interested in memoir writing and to Will Dowd completists.
I have no other writing accomplishments to report as I spent a good portion of the month being whipped around inside a gyroscope in an attempt to realign my malfunctioning vestibular system.
I don’t know if the treatment has been successful yet as it’s still ongoing, but I’m pretty sure I blacked out at one point and saw the future. The things I do to get you guys reliable horoscopes…
—WD
A song that in many ways captures the mental deterioration of late winter cabin fever: Titus Andronicus by Titus Andronicus