Appalachian History

Ring out the old Ring in the new Ring out the false Ring in the true. New calendar today; get out your Farmer’s Almanac and check the heavens for a preview of the year ahead. Only once in a blue moon there is one on New Year’s Eve. Revelers ringing in a new year haven’t [...]

Well, it’s almost a new year, and depending on your definition, there will either be one blue moon in it, or none. Using the Farmers’ Almanac definition of blue moon (meaning the third full moon in a season of four full moons), the next blue moon won’t occur till August 21, 2013. But if you [...]