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January is the month of the Wolf Moon. Though this Medieval English term is used most often in our culture to describe the January full moon, other names have been used over the centuries. The Celts dubbed it Quiet Moon, Neo Pagans the Ice Moon, Chinese the Holiday Moon, Colonial Americans the Winter Moon. Tribes of Native Americans called the January full moon Cooking Moon (Choctaw), Cold Moon (Cherokee), and Moon of the Terrible (Dakota Sioux) among others.

People across the world celebrate each full moon by watching its glow from mountaintops and open fields. Across the United States there are organized wildlife hikes, astronomy clubs, photography groups, musician parties, gatherings at Audubon centers, poetry readings, and fire ceremonies that include singing and drumming to welcome the full moon’s light.

The full Wolf Moon will arrive Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at sunset.

Below is a stunning photograph of a January Wolf Moon found on a blog site called Beyond The Fields We Know by photographer Catherine Kerr (KERRDELUNE). Isn’t it beautiful?

If learning about the moon and stars is of interest to you, there are enthusiast groups in many communities across the country. The Internet also provides a wealth of information for study. One of my favorite sites is Keith’s Moon Facts, where some of the information provided in my moon blog articles is found.

Here are a few fun tidbits from Keith’s Moon Facts about the moon:

–The moon is not round, but egg shaped, with the large end pointed toward earth.
–The full moon always rises at sunset.
–It takes a rocket ship 60-70 hours to fly to the moon.

I’ve included an interesting recipe from My Dish, What’s Yours? for Moon Rocks by Tom Savage, described as a cross between a biscuit and a cake. Serve these with a hot beverage on the night of the Wolf Moon and celebrate!

Moon Rocks
By Tom Savage 
 
“These are a cross between a biscuit and a cake”
 
The Basics
Dish: Baking
Cuisine: America
Serves: 10
Prep Time: 0hrs 5 mins
Cooking Time: 0hrs 15 mins

Ingredients
90g / 3oz Soft Brown sugar
125g / 4oz Raisins / or choc chips
1 Egg
1 pinch Salt
½ teaspoon Mixed Spice
250g / 8oz Self-raising Flour
90g / 3oz Butter

Method
1. Put flour and butter into a bowl and mix through your fingers
2. Add the sugar and raisins (you could use chocolate chips, sugar strands instead) and the spice
3. Beat the egg in another bowl and then add to the flour mixture
4. Mix together using your hands until the mixture looks like bread crumbs
5. Then collect all the bits in the bowl and make it into one big ball
6. Grease a tray and set the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6
7. Break off large bits of the mixture and form into 8-12 flattened shapes, but make sure that you make   them look like rock.
8. Then put it in the oven for 15 minutes.

 A note to readers:

Wolf Moon January is an original article by author Adele Dubois and may not be copied and reposted or reproduced without the courtesy of permission and full credit given to the author.