KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

Ah, New England weather. It was 38, windy and damp; it was 55, sunny and warm enough for a T-shirt. Who knows what will be next?

Happy birthday to all who celebrated their day this past week. Big balloons go out to Marshall Davidson and Noah Smith, who celebrated their day Nov. 15; Kelly Cleary, Hiaggo Gonsalves, Ashlyn Headley and Audrey McCarron, who all celebrated their day Nov. 17; and to Mylienna de Oleveira, who celebrated her day Nov. 19.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Nov. 12 52 44 .01

Nov. 13 55 45 .00

Nov. 14 57 41 .00

Nov. 15 56 47 .00

Nov. 16 57 50 .09

Nov. 17 59 49 .97

Nov. 17 62 46 .01

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 51º F.

Please Adopt Us

It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is less than a week away. There are many animals at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard that need loving homes. Please stop by and see them!

BRAD WOODGER

508-627-4216

(ibwsgolf@aol.com)

No, I can’t. Which is okay. Chappy teaches limitations. There’s much emphasis on our potential these days, but sometimes it’s good to know where potential meets the horizon. And stops. Just stops.

NANCY GARDELLA

508-693-3308

(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

Chilmark is still alive with the bright yellows and reds of the fall foliage. I was wrong to think that they wouldn’t survive the winds of last week. We are still enjoying lovely roadside displays of color. Enjoy every minute the next winds will carry them away.

JUNE D. MANNING

508-645-2574

(lthslnks@gis.net)

Another nice week with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. The final remnants of the fall foliage are very beautiful as you travel down Middle Road in Chilmark and even more spectacular as you drive up Music street.

The Vineyard Gazette office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. The newspaper will publish on Friday as usual and the office will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day. Correspondents are reminded that early deadlines apply this week.

The full moon is Sunday night. It rises in the eastern sky about the same time as the sun sets in the west. The moon is near the star cluster Pleiades, in the zodiacal constellation Taurus.

We’re waiting to see just what we are waiting for. Confused? So are the students in the high school’s fall production of Waiting for Godot, but the program note from opening night on Thursday is an example of what the students have come to embrace in what they all agree is the most challenging play they’ve ever performed.