Today is Moon Day - 38 years ago today Neil Armstrong walked on the moon (July 20, 1969).
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the “Small Step” into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named “Eagle,” onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him.
So for this post, I thought I would celebrate the Moon.
For those into astrology:
"The Moon's natural House in the Zodiac is the Fourth -- the House of Family and Home, ruled by the domestic sign of Cancer -- the Martha Stewart of the signs, if you will. The Moon influences entertaining and caretaking, and food is often the central theme in both cases." http://goddess.astrology.com/moon/recipes.html
The Chinese Moon Festival always on the 15th day of the eighth month by the Chinese lunar calendar. This year it is being held September 25.
The Moon Festival is an important festival where families get together and watch the full moon rise, eat moon cakes and read moon poems.
A cocktail? Blue Moon http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink1402.html
And those tasty and delicious Moon Pies! http://moonpie.com/ This cookie sandwich filled with marshmallow and coated in chocolate was created by a Chattanooga, TN bakery as a way to use up flour in the early 1900’s.
Celebrate the moon today - invite your friends over and wash down a few moon pies with a blue moon cocktail.
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