The last big meteor shower of the year takes place Saturday night. The Geminid Meteor Shower is a late autumn favorite.

Saturday's full moon still carries a lot of punch when it comes to brilliance. You'll see it rising in the east, a short time after sunset. Tonight's moon resides on the edge of the zodiacal constellation Taurus.

November was rainy — the wettest month of the year so far and the second rainiest November since 1946, numbers from the National Weather Service station in Edgartown show.

Vineyard fishermen no longer pursue cod in these waters. The fishing boats plying these waters left years ago. Cod are gone.

The moon takes charge of our evenings in the coming week.

Monday’s stormy weather was a cut above the usual rain storms that pass over the Vineyard in November.