A full moon sets beyond a fenceline in rural Warren County, Iowa. (Photo by mroland/Getty Images)
A supermoon — large, full, near the eastern horizon, with a golden, orange glow. The moon was at perigee, the closest point to the earth, and it looked massive and so bright that I thought the Kauffmans had installed a yard light. Of course not. The Kauffmans have no electricity here in Buggy Land, in the middle of the Old Order Amish settlement.
Frost Moon. Beaver Moon. Digging Moon. Deer Rutting Moon. It arrives just about the same time as the first frost. It marks the time when the beavers are preparing their lodges for winter…