I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them. ~ Ezra Pound
About once a year the moon makes it's closest approach to the earth called the "perigee moon". Rachel of Life As I See It blog took this foto in her Englewood, Fl backyard. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year paid us a visit last Saturday night. Our celestial neighbor passed a little closer to Earth than normal sending all of us who are sensitive to gravitational pull into a little tizzy. Don't we all feel just a tad cuckoo around a full moon? My dad was a paramedic for 30 years. He was full of stories of all the crazy things that happened and looney tunes people that showed up during a full moon on his shift. Maternity nurses swear more births happen on a full moon. During my customer service career at a big box home improvement store I can personally vouch that every off-balance person from 20 miles around showed up at the front desk with some outlandish tale of customer service woe on the full moon...