tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post3822901578679171661..comments2024-03-28T14:22:37.153-07:00Comments on mole: Five and twelveDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-51393679995932627392017-09-22T23:08:46.464-07:002017-09-22T23:08:46.464-07:00This is a lovely prose poem in its own right anywa...This is a lovely prose poem in its own right anyway, Dale!Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-90025681181265884702017-09-21T10:36:26.766-07:002017-09-21T10:36:26.766-07:00Wow, I just realized that I've had the sickle/...Wow, I just realized that I've had the sickle/scythe/big dipper thing totally mixed up in my mind for fifty years. As a sickle, it works just fine. The handle is the bowl of the dipper, the blade is the dipper's handle, and it goes counterclockwise around the pole star, cutting-edge first, the blade describing a wider arc than the handle, just as it should. When I first learned the constellations, though, I didn't really know the difference between a sickle and scythe, and I had the notion that the handle of the dipper HAD to be the handle, so I pictured a scythe, which of course was going the wrong way, and was turning by the point, which is very wrong. But of course it was no wronger than a bear (seriously? a BEAR?) so I just rolled with it. Till now.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com