MOON ENUS
Largest full moon of the year, and I have to say it doesn't disappoint. Last night when I went to get a drink of water, I noticed there was light COMING IN from the horribly dark back porch; the moonlight was even strong enough to overpower the indirect light from the street lights on our driveway. Absolutely beautiful.
Anyway. For those who do not get the title, I may as well tell a moon-related story! IT IS ONE I TELL OFTEN, so you might have already heard it!
When I was a wee tot, and my brother was an even wee-er tot still in diapers (I may still have been; who knows? I don't remember the event and am simply repeating what I'm told, and alls I know is that at least HE was that young. Either way, this puts me at the age of two or three), I was living in Florida. This is by no means important to the story, but I am setting the mood. Florida. 1985 or 1986. Twilight.
There was a crescent moon in the sky, and Venus was shining brightly. And as my family drove, my dad decided it was time to give an impromptu astronomy lesson.
"Look!" he said. "It's the moon! It looks like a happy face!"
"Moon! Happy face!" I answered gleefully.
"And do you see, Sammi? That's Venus next to the moon."
"Enus!" I repeated. And then I burst into giggles.
Now, at this point, my parents had no idea what was so funny about Venus. But this wouldn't be a memorable tale if I hadn't EVENTUALLY clued them in, right?
"Moon, enus, moon, enus, moon, enus~" I went on in a singsong voice, only pausing to giggle. "Danny has an enus too!"
Thinking back on it two decades later, I can't help but be overwhelmingly not surprised something like that came out of my mouth. I came by it honestly, I've been told; there must be a gene somewhere that determines one's potential for dirty jokes.
But even so, it's a fun story to tell.
Anyway. For those who do not get the title, I may as well tell a moon-related story! IT IS ONE I TELL OFTEN, so you might have already heard it!
When I was a wee tot, and my brother was an even wee-er tot still in diapers (I may still have been; who knows? I don't remember the event and am simply repeating what I'm told, and alls I know is that at least HE was that young. Either way, this puts me at the age of two or three), I was living in Florida. This is by no means important to the story, but I am setting the mood. Florida. 1985 or 1986. Twilight.
There was a crescent moon in the sky, and Venus was shining brightly. And as my family drove, my dad decided it was time to give an impromptu astronomy lesson.
"Look!" he said. "It's the moon! It looks like a happy face!"
"Moon! Happy face!" I answered gleefully.
"And do you see, Sammi? That's Venus next to the moon."
"Enus!" I repeated. And then I burst into giggles.
Now, at this point, my parents had no idea what was so funny about Venus. But this wouldn't be a memorable tale if I hadn't EVENTUALLY clued them in, right?
"Moon, enus, moon, enus, moon, enus~" I went on in a singsong voice, only pausing to giggle. "Danny has an enus too!"
Thinking back on it two decades later, I can't help but be overwhelmingly not surprised something like that came out of my mouth. I came by it honestly, I've been told; there must be a gene somewhere that determines one's potential for dirty jokes.
But even so, it's a fun story to tell.