THE LUNAR DISPATCH
Will DowdArriving on the night of the full moon, this monthly newsletter brings you the latest news and musings on our nearest celestial neighbor.
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Full Snow Moon 2026
Dear Lunatics,
It’s already dark on the night of the Snow Moon, and I have nothing written. Not one fleck of paint on the blank canvas of this newsletter. Maybe I should take inspiration from Andrew Wyeth, who, whenever he was stuck on a p...
🌕 Super Spirit Moon
Dear Lunatics,
Forget that gaudy ball in Times Square. For me, tonight’s super moon rings in 2026.
While January’s full moon, typically called the Wolf Moon, prowls the night sky, I’m feeling especially grateful—not to mention slightly i...
Bitter Super Moon
Dear Lunatics,
Tonight, as the last full moon of the year—a supermoon, no less—burns a mighty hole in the sky, I am in a sulky mood, mourning the loss of a future pet.
Over the past few weeks, I’d quietly begun researching service dogs. I...
🌕 THE SUPER FROST MOON 2025
Dear Lunatics,
Tonight is the largest and brightest full moon of the year, and I’m going to send out the smallest and dimmest dispatch I can muster.
The Frost Moon (AKA the Beaver Moon)
Many writers have managed to compose classic works...
🌕 Harvest Supermoon 2025
Dear Lunatics,
Should you glance eastward this evening, shortly after sundown, you will see (or be seen by) a bold Harvest supermoon.
Don’t try to approach it.
Don’t attempt to feed it.
Don’t interfere at all as the solitary moon make...
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