Lunar Datebook

Episode 51- November 25, 2015 Weather may be the only safe conversation topic in some company.  On Thanksgiving Eve, host Jennifer Ellsworth describes a brief history of American weather forecasting and shares Maine's record breaking snows: perfect tidbits to accompany your giblets.  She also tells about an unusual Thanksgiving spent in a fondly remembered "crackhouse" and reads a short story about a fearless boy and an operatic ogre, called "The Boy and the Ogre." "...Once upon a time there was a boy who lived with his mother in a house on the edge of the woods.             Perhaps you saw their house, when it was still there...." Moon Astrology: Full Snow Moon in Gemini:  Talk it up! 76 degrees on July 4, 1776, Burning Down the House and a Dream Juice mother.