Pop and The Godfather by Margaret Ullrich, part 2, Weeding

Tonight there's going to be a full moon.

No, I won't say anything like "Hail, Luna" to the moon.

I also won't howl at it.

I just like having a sign that a month has passed.



Since being over 50, I've lost a time marker, a period.

Yes, ladies, that period.

It had marked the ending and beginning of another cycle.

It had been the messenger of good and bad news.

But now it's gone.

So, in