A remarkable aspect of Rockport, MA is that there are locations, where you can watch the sunrise over the sea and locations where you can watch the sunset over the sea. It sounds like a mere curiosity, but, in fact, it represents a resetting. You lock into a synchrony where you join with the rhythm of the heavens. You live differently by the sea.

A few weeks back, we raced up after work. As I have groaned about before, Massachusetts juts out onto the ocean and really should be on Atlantic Maritime along with Halifax. As a result, this time of year it all gets painful. We are cast into darkness, like one of those medieval history movies at just after four pm. On that particular day we arrived at Cape Hedge Beach moments before sunset. Worth it! We were greeted by the specter of Figure 1, “Photograph of Woman Photographing the Sunset!”

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.”

 Ralph Waldo Emerson