In Greensboro the November full moon was fabulous this week. The skies were clear and the moon hovered in the Western sky until daybreak. This week’s display more than made up for the supermoon and other moon events that got clouded over this year. In the centuries before artificial lighting made it possible to have light 24 hours a day, there was a time when a bright moon made travel possible through the night.

November’s full moon is also known as the beaver moon. This week it was so bright that it made the meteor shower hard to view. It is easy to see why North Carolina’s old-time fiddle tunes refer to dancing “by the light of the moon.” Locally, it was bright this week. Near twilight, prime time for seeing meteriods, we kept running out to check and never did see any. We did, however, have this beautiful moon greeting us. We sure hope you had a chance to see it.