Letters to the Moon....

Around this time of year every year a magical thing happens: the Pantone Color Institute picks a new color for the upcoming year. This choice of color will be seen throughout the world in fashion, home décor, Christmas decorations, cosmetics, jewelry and more. If you have never heard of the Pantone Color Institute, they are all about color. If you have ever seen a color wheel or color chart, chances are it was made by Pantone. http://www.pantone.com/images/products/GG6103N-pantone-graphics-pms-srgb-cmyk-hex-color-bridge-coated-product-2.jpg Every color on the Pantone chart has a number and name. https://images.sampletemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pantone-colors.jpg The color for 2017 was Greenery, which has been likened to a famous amphibian... https://style.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/43e9156bbe4b11e683ae8bc8f7a150ce.jpg This morning the Pantone Color Institute announced the color for the year of 2018. Drumroll please, the Pantone

To continue the “Moons of the Year” series, I now present the final installment, “The Cold Moon.” The name of the full moon for the month of December is the Cold Moon. For those of us who live in the northern part of the United States, the reason for the name is abundantly obvious. December is the first of the winter months, which can be one of the coldest of the season.  Another name for the December moon is the “Long Nights Moon.” The days are shorter, the nights are longer, and light is sparse. Early Christian settlers to the shores of America called this moon “The Moon Before Yule”, or the Christmas holiday. This last full moon of the year does have greater significance in that it will be a Super Moon, the closest one the entire year. What is a Super Moon? It is when the moon appears larger in the nighttime sky.  The website Space.com goes into greater detail on the phenomenon: “Supermoons happen when a full moon approximately coincides with the moon's perige