By Lynne Irons

Every year the human heart loses several grams of muscle mass and therefore pumps less blood as we age. Those of a certain age experience the change of temperature with less good humor as the years fly by. I, for one, am fond of woolen long underwear for my outdoor activities. I do work outside year round. Remember, there is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing. I have a cashmere sweater that I wear next to my skin. The point of this paragraph is to encourage you to bundle up and get into the garden.

Tomorrow night’s first quarter moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Capricornus.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Nov. 9 46 32 .00

Nov. 10 50 41 .19

Nov. 11 43 31 .00

Nov. 12 42 26 .00

Nov. 13 54 32 .17

Nov. 14 56 33 .10

Nov. 15 60 46 .00

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 55º F.

We all have baggage.

For some, it is plastic, but for others only paper or cloth will do. Those in the latter group must have appreciated Wednesday’s designation. In case you missed it, I’ll recycle the news. Nov. 14 was Reusable Bag Day in Massachusetts. I kid you not. This is official and important.

It is a great story, one that has everything: conceit, vanity, envy, brutality, monsters, and family deception. There is a bright side, though, and for some characters in the story, a happy, fairy-tale ending.

The bright side is the luminous shine of the stars. It is these stars that make up the constellations of a royal family that inhabit the fall night sky and give us this epic drama.

By Lynne Irons

Roger Spinney shared a wonderful concept with the Baptists last week. The word humility comes from the Greek for humus. Talk about being grounded. What better way than to get our hands into some soil.