Lunar Datebook

November 23, 2014- Episode 21 It's 4 p.m.  It's dark.  Should you be sleeping?  The 12th new moon of the year is the Moon of Long Nights.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth explains how our 17th century ancestors slept through these dark days.  She also reads a poem about her grandfather receiving hospice.   "The home health nurse had come to wash Grandpa...." Moon Astrology: New moon in Sagittarius.  Step out and speak up.   Bi-modal sleep patterns, night nookie, and how street lights changed sleep.