Letters to the Moon....

To continue the “Moons of the Year” series, here is the installment for November, “The Beaver Moon.” The name of the full moon for the month of November is the “Beaver Moon.” The name comes from this being the ideal time of the year to lay beaver traps to attain beaver pelts, to keep warm in the cold winter months. It is also called the Frosty Moon as this is the time of year when we begin to see a frost. The website Space.com offers more names for this moon: “According to the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition, the Ojibwe called it Mnidoons Giizisoonhg, the Little Spirit Moon. For the Ojibwe, it was the twelfth month, and it was a time for spiritual reflection ahead of the new year. In the Pacific Northwest, the Tlingit called it Kukahaa Dís, the Scraping Moon, as it occurs when bears would begin to prepare their dens. A neighboring group, the Haida call it Cha'aaw Kungaay, or "bears hibernate." In the southern hemisphere, November marks late spring. T...