I drove to the local quick stop to purchase gas for my car a $2.49 a gallon before supper. Early dusk in the November sky at 1630. To exit the village on the east side requires a steep climb up Chapman Hill and just as you crest the top at this time of year and at this hour of the day you are greeted by this enormous moon shot that appears twice, or greater than, the size of earth . Every time, I'm in awe of the spectral image before me. It's one of those fleeting images that if you are not in the right place at the right time you totally miss it. Tonight, serendipitously, I was on time for the show.

Go back in time to , say 1959, Oak street bungalow:
"Dad, the moon looks huge tonight."
" Yes it does son."
"Why does it look so huge when in a few feet or in a few minutes it shrinks back to it's usual size?"
"Look it up son."
"Jeepers dad, can't you just for once, tell me the answer instead of saying; "look it up". I'd remember it just as much, hearing it from you as I will if I go look it up.."
"You need to get into the habit of looking things up."
"Never mind, I don't want to know."
Way to go bungalow Bob!

I still don't know why it looks that huge, but It still impresses me to the max.
No! No, I'm never going to look it up. If you want to tell me though, I'll be more than willing to listen. ;-)