Episode 45- August 29, 2015

Tonight's Supermoon- the Full Moon at Perigee- brings Earth and her satellite as close as they will be all year. Host Jennifer Ellsworth celebrates this celestial reunion by imagining the first Supermoon. She also tells a true story about a letter received at a funeral that unites her past and present, and reads a fictional story about a woman who finds enlightenment opposite an egret. "Bird Buddah" begins like this:

"...The thunderstorm had brought hail. Nickle and dime size nuggets that would shear the shoulder off a perfectly ripe tomato, or just nestle into its flesh, and melt, and start rot. This was where Karen's mind had gone under the dark clouds..."

Moon Astrology: Full Corn Moon in Pisces: imagine.

4.5 billion-year-old blood brothers, decade-and-a-half-old phone tree and a table set for two.