Fellow Shadow Watchers, As a child I remember running into the house to say that the full moon looked blue in colour. Everyone laughed although nobody went outside to look for themselves. As I recall this was confirmed as a rare occurrence on the radio the following day much to my parents' surprise. Ever since then I've assumed that this was the origin of the saying 'once in a blue moon'.
On TV yesterday I heard that we are about to witness a 'blue moon', explained as the rare occurrence of two full moons within one calendar month - nothing to do with colour at all. Was my experience just a childhood fantasy? Tony Moss
