The winter sun sets far to the south of the lighthouse. From our house we look through the sparse trees on the nature preserve to our south, across Sachem Pond, over the dunes, and to the sea beyond.

“Those are very pretty sunsets,” my mother comments, “but they don’t look like winter sunsets.”

“What does a winter sunset look like?” I ask.

“Well… colder. Less colorful.”

Sorry to disappoint you, Mom, but we get wonderfully colorful winter sunsets. Here’s one from November 20th.