Mandala Monday - Wolf Moon

howling wolf courtesy of www.freeimages.com

Today is the Full "Wolf Moon".  After the cold and snow we have been experiencing, I can well understand how the full moon in January got it's name.  If you are fortunate enough (or unfortunate, depending on your point of view), walking the dogs outside early in the morning, with a snow cover on the ground, you get that feeling of aloneness which people must have felt over the past centuries.  

We have turned the corner with the Winter Solstice last month, so nights will be getting shorter.  But we still have a couple more months of winter..and snow...and the wolf howling at the door.