A Blue Moon is coming up.

Despite the name, it rarely looks blue at all — and it has nothing to do with feeling sad. The expression actually comes from older English, where "blue" meant something strange or absurd. Impossible, even. Today it just means the second full moon in a single calendar month. Something unusual. Something that doesn't happen often.

I love that.

(And if you've been around here a while, you already know — I'm a little obsessed with the moon. This probably won't be the last newsletter where it shows up.)

Rare things have a way of stopping us

In a life that moves fast — and most of ours do — rare moments have a way of stopping us mid-scroll, mid-worry, mid-to-do list. Not because we decided to pause. But because something outside us was just... different enough to notice.

That's what the Blue Moon does for me. It's not a sign or a symbol I have to decode. It's just a small nudge: hey, look up.

And I think that matters, because so much of what's meaningful doesn't arrive on a schedule. Clarity doesn't. Connection doesn't. That quiet feeling of being okay — really okay — doesn't either. We can't force any of it. But we can make a little more room for it.

Some moments need stillness to exist

In some places, firefly displays have gotten so popular they're now managed with permits and lotteries — not to be exclusive, but protective. The goal is to keep the environment dark enough, still enough, for the fireflies to do what they do. To glow in synchrony, the way they've always done when left alone.

They depend on us not rushing through.

Which is exactly why I love teaching outside

At Fred Fletcher Park, there's no ceiling cutting off the sky. The light changes as we move. Sometimes there's wind. Sometimes it's so quiet you can hear yourself breathe — maybe for the first time all day.

It's not a controlled environment, and that's the whole point. Nature does the slowing-down work for us, if we just show up.

If you've been meaning to come to class, a Blue Moon feels like the right kind of excuse.

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Happy full moon watching!

Tina

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