…and it’s a big bright white one as I loll in the pool tonight. All around me the A/C units of the neighbors houses hiss and whoosh, turning off and on to the tune of their own varying thermostat settings. There are a few crickets out too, but frankly, with the temperature still at 94 at nearly 11 PM it’s too hot for them. So, it’s just me, the moon, the night, and the A/C units. With the pool temp at 93 there’s virtually no sense of temperature difference in my nighttime dip, the water is just wet.

But looking up at that moon, all I can think of (at least for this moment - otherwise, there’s a helluva lot more going on in my mind and life right now) is that wonderful doo-wop tune by the fabulous Capris - “There’s A Moon Out Tonight”. The end of the song (in bolds) features probably my absolute very favorite harmonic moment in all of pop music:

There’s a (moon out tonight) whoa-oh-oh ooh
Let’s go strollin’
There’s a (girl in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooh
Whose heart I’ve stolen
There’s a moon out tonight (whoa-oh-oh ooh)
Let’s go strollin’ through the park (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

There’s a (glow in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooh
I never felt before
There’s a (girl at my side) whoa-oh-oh ooh
That I adore
There’s a glow in my heart I never felt before (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Oh darlin’
Where have you been?
I’ve been longin’ for you all my life

Whoa-uh-oh baby I never felt this way before
I guess it’s because there’s a moon out tonight

There’s a (glow in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooh
I never felt before
There’s a (girl at my side) whoa-oh-oh ooh
That I adore
There’s glow in my heart
I guess it’s because

There’s a moon out tonight
Moon out tonight
Moon out tonight
Moon out tonight
There’s a moon out tonight

Really priceless to me. Reinforces my view that if I had to choose between being blind or deaf I’d choose blind any day.