Full Mirleton Moon
The Full Mirleton Moon rises as the sun sets around 6 Wednesday February 16. This should be a notable event here on the Gulf Rim unless storm clouds are rolling in about then. We are so dry, I'll take a rainy day over a good moon rise if it means more soil moisture. (Mirleton, Chayote, Sechium edule . More at www.mirleton.org) Back in the late fall I spoke to Brock, one of "the band of hippies", as I love to refer to my former students who travel the path least followed. I should tell you that I love my band of hippies, did I say that I love my band of hippies? Brock, a permaculturist, mentioned the Wild Mirleton Patch on the ULL campus was in danger of going away, the way cool things do in the name of progress. He said it was in an overgrown corner along Coulee Mine, across from our Cajun Dome arena. I had already heard about it but been too busy to wade into it. Now they were clearing it away slowly to create more spill-over parking for big events. Seems this was an o...