ADADI hear the train whistle, and in an instant I see in my mind the fabric of our nation. Our new screened porch comes with its own signature sound: the lovely clink of a porch door closing. AD“Don’t let the porch door slam!” the grown-ups would shout, to little avail. What child can spare the extra second to carefully ease a porch door shut when the sea awaits (in one direction) or the coolth of an ice pop (in the other)? ADSometimes I’ll walk from the porch to the yard and back again just to hear that sound.

Source: Washington Post September 20, 2020 20:57 UTC