ONE: Yesterday, July 16, 2019, marked the 50th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission.
On the 20th of July, 1969, a lunar module touched down on the surface of the moon and
ejected two men: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The men pranced around on the surface of the
moon for some 21 hours. Meanwhile,
Michael Collins tripped around and around the moon tending the main ship. On the night of the landing, I was thirteen and
overnighting at my father’s cabin in the Cabinet Mountains outside Thompson
Falls, Montana. The moon was but a
waxing sliver among tamarack trees. My
father and I listened to the landing on a radio skip he’d found by placing a
homemade antenna on a battery operated radio.
TWO: A brilliant young singer-songwriter from
Missoula, Montana, Maiah Wynne, won the Music
from the Moon international songwriting contest. The contest was part of the official moon
landing anniversary celebration. Maiah
is one of my favorite emerging artists.
I have posted her winning song, Show
the World, at the end of the blog.
THREE: Last night, the full moon loitered around the
windows of my house, occasionally waking me.
Usually, moonlight strikes me as being cold. Not last night. Last night, the light felt warm.
—Mitchell Hegman
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ePpHlqrl4
I grew up in Noxon, I know the T-Falls area well. The first time I ever saw the Northern Lights was while camping in the Cabinets. Something about that part of the world makes for some amazing experiences for star gazing.
ReplyDeleteMy father lived in Plains from about 1967 on. I spent a lot of time in that country. That is a beautiful part of the world.
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