When the moon hits your eye….

After surviving a truly terrifying day dealing with the crazier portion of the general public yesterday, I have had a much more tranquil day, mostly because I’ve had a day off, safe from the lunatics out there. There is no power on this Earth that can convince me that a full moon does not affect a significant percentage of the human race adversely. If you don’t believe me, ask any healthcare professional. If they disagree with me, they are obviously idiots and I’m still right anyway. You think the moon may be affecting me as well? Ridiculous idea.

Anyway, I love the moon. It’s my favourite foreign body.. I am inclined to paint it rather obsessively, but unfortunately not with the artistic talent of my boy Vincent. I’m always amazed that such a piece of barren rock can bring out the romantic in most human beings. Just think of the names we’ve given to different sites on the moon–Mare Nectaris, the Sea of Nectar; Mare Fecunditatis, the Sea of Fertility; Mare Crisium, the Sea of Crises, and my personal fave, Mare Tranquilitatis, the Sea of Tranquility. Who doesn’t want to go for a swim in the Sea of Tranquility? Exactly.                                 You just know it’ll be greeny-blue and warm as a bath and there’ll be dolphins and coral and porpoises and clownfish…….

I’m going to pull on my flak jacket and put on my (tinfoil-lined) hard hat until the moon starts to wane and sanity is restored world wide. I leave you with my favourite moon-conspiracy theory picture 🙂

Plus, do you know why we can see total eclipses of the Sun from Earth? It’s because the Sun is 400 times further from the Earth than the Moon is, whilst the Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, give or take. Isn’t that incredible? I can’t tell you how much it cheers me up to think of God taking the trouble, working it all out with his protractor and set square 🙂 AlaraApothecary: we bring you all the facts that matter. Have a fab and groovy day.