Even though the weather has been warm, the days have been dreary. Now we are waiting for some rain, maybe a little bit of snow, then maybe a cold patch coming this weekend. It has been very hard to dress this winter. I guess the best way is in layers.

When was the last time we saw ice in the harbor? It might have been the winter that Norton Point breached. There hasn’t been any real ice since then. Last year Caleb’s Pond and Cape Pogue Bay were frozen over for awhile. When the ice broke up, it flushed away on a single tide. The opening seems to be keeping the harbor from freezing over.

MARGARET KNIGHT

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This past Tuesday morning at 9 a.m., there was not a single car parked in the tar lot at the ferry on the Chappaquiddick side ­— a sign of how quiet the island has grown as we head into the darkest stretch of the year. Although the days keep getting shorter until Dec. 21, the sun will start to set later as of Dec. 15. The season makes up for the lack of daylight with all the holiday lights and activities