It’s raining hard here as we speak, which is why we’ve decided to depict the universe as a Morning Glory. But first, the weather: Dorian is offshore, desperately trying to prolong his short, vicious life. We’re under a National Weather Service tropical storm warning and high surf advisory, but we have an outgoing tide that doesn’t look very disturbed now. We’re supposed to get some sun tomorrow morning.
This brings us back to our Morning Glory, which bloomed here Thursday, September 5. Each Morning Glory is a one act play the performance of which is dependent on the weather. The plant is called a Morning Glory because, on a sunny day, its lovely flowers usually open in the early morning, close by the afternoon, and die by the evening.
Morning Glories are sensitive to atmospheric pressure, temperature, and light. Mostly, they’re barometers. They bloom while the atmospheric pressure is increasing in the morning and start to die as it drops in the afternoon. The good news is that the plant produces many beautiful one act plays, (Brooklin, Maine)