May memorial mantra

This month’s full moon is the first total lunar eclipse in about two and a half years, according to NASA. 

over Hongkong by Anthony Wallace - AFP via Getty Images

The event gets each part of its name from a different source: “flower” comes from this being the full moon in May, when many flowers are blooming. 

Ormond Beach, Florida - Greg Diesel Walck

times they are a'changin

For Light by John O'Donohue

Light cannot see inside things.

That is what the dark is for:

Minding the interior,

Nurturing the draw of growth

Through places where death

In its own way turns into life. 

Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of an equinox. 

Once again March marks yet another flaming cosmic story in 2016 - a year marred and mired in explosive surprises. 

This year's vernal equinox heralds the earliest spring since 1896.