Only Bright Spot in a Dark Day

The setting sun casts an orange reflection across the water beside the shoreline at Shell Beach, East Haven.
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Photograph and memory: Bogui ETTE
Location: Shell Beach, East Haven, Connecticut
Photographed: October 31, 2026

On Halloween, I captured this moment while working. For a minute, I stopped to watch the sun sink toward the water. It was beautiful, but looking back, there’s a sadness in knowing it’s the only good thing I can remember from that day.

Then the moment passed, and I went straight back to work.

A personal recollection shared with CC Urban.