Going on full moon

There's not much to see here, but suffice it to say that this represents the almost-full moon, which is known as either the Cold Moon, the Long Nights Moon, or the Yule Moon. It also represents, to me, the Full Question Mark Moon, as in, a family emergency has developed and it's taking me away from the daily walk, photography, and reporting schedule I've so enjoyed for the past couple of years. I'm watching the moon, which also might be dubbed the Metaphor Moon, and wondering if it's telling me, "There's a change in the air... a big one... and you may have to change what's possible as well." If I were thoroughly modern, I would, of course, tell the world what's going on, but I remain a very old-fashioned private person, so about all I'll reveal is that I might be spending most of my time taking care of little kids and ailing adults, and, since this is mostly a blog about natural history, I'm not sure I'm going to have much material to post until things settle down. The moon is reassuring on this point: they will settle down. Eventually. More or less.