New Moon

Every once in a while it seems that the whole world is in a downslump. Okay not the whole world, but the people I come in contact with on a daily basis. My world, maybe? A lot of folks I've run into recently have that same glazed, over-exhausted, stressed look on their faces. Phases. What phase is the moon in right now? No moon at all tonight. So perhaps as the moon grows over the next days and weeks the world will seem a little brighter, lighter, happier. Or at least my world will.