One of our favorite sunset spots: over the bay in Strathmere.

As I opened the refrigerator the other night, I knocked one of the magnets on the door, and the photo it was holding -- beautiful fall leaves -- floated to the floor.

  What timing, I thought. A symbol of fall falls just as the winter solstice approaches.

For the record, that solstice slipped in at 12:30 a.m. yesterday, the shortest day of the year.

It's officially winter, and the good news is that from here on in, the sun sets a little bit later each day.

Let there be light.