Years ago we had a fifth grade exchange student from Manchester, England staying with us.

My neighbor up Lambert’s Cove Road texted me the other afternoon: “I need your help!”

I was recently invited to give a lecture for the Piano Tuners Association of the UK at their centennial meeting to be held in Bournemouth, England. It turns out that Bournemouth is very close to the place were my ancient ancestor and direct descendant, Phillip Stanwood, is believed to have come from when he sailed to New England in the year 1652. I accepted the teaching invitation and knew that I would finally be able to visit and explore the place of my English roots. Would I find a feeling of resonance and connection?

A few days ago, I was checking the tides on the Internet for West Falmouth. I visit there frequently in my Whaler and my mom lives there. The site also gives the time of sunset, moonrise, and full moon. I noticed that on Tuesday the time of full moon coincided with the time of sunset and moonrise. All these events were to happen within minutes of each other! This is unusual and I thought it would be fun to share it with friends. I checked the weather and it looked like it might be clear enough to see both moonrise and sunset at the same time.