Jeanine is doing her best to keep us healthy as the whole family continues to hunker down. This evening we enjoyed a kale salad and also a very nice fried rice dish prepared by Nicolai. The amazing thing about both dishes is that they were the result of looking at the food we had left in the refrigerator and deciding what could be made from it.

Last night we were also treated to a Super Pink Moon. This full moon appeared larger and brighter than usual because the moon was at perigee or the closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit. With this ultra-close event, the moon was just 221,772 miles from Earth, compared to its average distance of 238,855 miles. This closer proximity makes it appear about 7% larger and 15% brighter than the average full moon. The Pink Moon does not actually appear pink. It is named for a pink wildflower, Phlox subulata, which commonly blooms in eastern North America in the early springtime, as it was delineated in The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Full moon names in the almanac, like with this “pink” moon, often come from names originally created and used by Native American tribes.