Only question now is , what flat.
As for sleepless lunar inspiration , i find that when the moons at it's
fullest, the hair that grows out of my skin and the addition of a few more
teeth plus the howling sort of keeps me up too.
Beware of the WEREWEASEL, nipp'n them ankles something awful .

In all seriousness thank you for that nugget Ardeth, I gota look up those
flats that i always wished i could visit when there was good tide.....


-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn Scheu <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: Millenium Dance


>Ardeth,
>
>Wow! What a great contribution to Conch-L this morning!  That is all
>fascinating!  Gosh! If it is going to be as light as you say, one could
>go night shelling without lights! Some of you who live where this is
>possible please let us know what your shelling experiences are. I wish I
>could be somewhere to collect...like on exposed reef! That has been my
>lifelong dream!  Instead of shelling I'll probably be tossing and
>turning a few nights away, more than usually unable to sleep at full
>moon, just at holiday time when I need my rest.
>
>Does anyone else have this sleepless response to full moon? It isn't the
>light, because we keep our bedroom very dark, and yet Richard and I both
>"count sheep" at least one of the three fullest nights of the cycle. It
>makes me wonder if this isn't part of the reason for the high incidence
>of looney behavior at full moon...the poor people can't sleep. Or maybe
>it just means Richard and I are looney. Which word I believe comes from
>the Latin word for moon, "luna";  "lunatic" has the same ancestor.
>
>So do lots of shell names: In Kay Cunningham Vaught's "A Classification
>of the Living Mollusca," I notice the genera Lunaia, Lunarca, Lunaria,
>Lunatia, Lunatica, Lunella, Lunularca, and Lunulicardia for a start. I
>can't even begin to guess how many species names are moon-related.
>Sometimes the word refers to the round, shining quality of the full
>moon, but I believe most of these names refer to the crescent phase of
>the moon and describe something arc-shaped (arcuate).
>
>Seriously, while the meteorological/astronomical/geological/hydrological
>effects of this combination could have seismic consequences, the
>solstice combined with the full moon combined with media-fueled
>Millennium Fever and the Christmas holiday effects of anxiety and
>depression combined with alcohol could really stir up some even more
>devastating human reactions! Let's all go shelling!
>
>Lynn Scheu
>About to Be Sleepless in Louisville KY
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