Do You Leave The Door Open?

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

“ If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.” EDWARD GOREY

 

[hoo_hoo_boo]

“ If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.” EDWARD GOREY

In summer I close the door- snakes are a problem.

 

[JuliaHandel]

In summer I close the door- snakes are a problem.

Rabies is endemic in the local wildlife, so houses have locking screen doors. In my city apartment, I keep the windows open and screens on. Squirrels are the main threat. It’s better to keep the doors open to your dreams.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

MsHandel is a talented writer checkout her wares ur first opportunity.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Yep. That's exactly right. That door is not just open, but I make sure it is cold and dark outside, and there is a wan glow suggestive of a small warming flame, coming from the door slightly opened.

...And the effluvium drifting out of something delicious, to the strangeness, out there, in the dark.

And then lo and behold, to my never-ceasing astonishment, the syzygos rides downward on a spinning snowflake, right through the slightly opened doorway, and down onto a blank velin d'arch on my cedar-topped desk.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yep. That's exactly right. That door is not just open, but I make sure it is cold and dark outside, and there is a wan glow suggestive of a small warming flame, coming from the door slightly opened.

...And the effluvium drifting out of something delicious, to the strangeness, out there, in the dark.

And then lo and behold, to my never-ceasing astonishment, the syzygos rides downward on a spinning snowflake, right through the slightly opened doorway, and down onto a blank velin d'arch on my cedar-topped desk.

Oh! Man! I hate it when that happens!

 

[JuliaHandel]

MsHandel is a talented writer.

It’s very kind of you to notice my work, sir. Thank you! Mr JBJ’s recent entry Sow The Wind, Reap The Whirlwind is a fine cemetery thriller.

 

[D_Lynn]

My bathroom door? My office door? My front door?

My back door?

I have so many doors, I can hardly keep track. And now you've made me a bit paranoid about unwanted snakes...
Especially in my back door.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

My bathroom door? My office door? My front door?

My back door?

I have so many doors, I can hardly keep track. And now you've made me a bit paranoid about unwanted snakes...
Especially in my back door.

They sometimes come in windows, but I've had them come in both windows and doors.

True funny story. Many years ago I went in the bedroom and saw a snake beneath a radio on a shelf. The snake had come in thru a hole I made for the radio cable. So I grabbed for the snake but the space wasn't high enough to get my fingers around him, and he got loose. So I shut the bedroom door, locked it, and started taking the room apart to catch the snake. And, of course, my wife got curious and wanted in the bedroom. She said, WHATCHA DOING? And I said, YOU DONT WANNA KNOW, PLEASE GO AWAY. And that just thru gas on her fire. She hadda get in there then.

 

[sr71plt]

In writing, I think the OP is good advice.

 

[mikoli5763]

Depends on the door

Doors to the outside, NO EFFING WAY, unless I'm carrying something out or into house then only long enough to accomplish task. All doors inside are mostly kept open. Only me and wife and we love each other's naked body so no problem leaving them open all the time. Exception is when I'm watching something on TV in living room and she wants to watch something else in bedroom then that door gets closed so the sounds from the TV's won't conflict.

 

[StrangeLife]

Well if you have kids and still want to have a sex-life, you kinda have to close the door. Catching mom and dad in flagrante could scar a teenager for life. And therapists ain't cheap...

 

[sheablue]

If you don't leave the doors open, how will the darkness get in?

 

[SamScribble]

If you don't leave the doors open, how will the darkness get in?

Or, for that matter, how will it get out the next morning?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I keep them closed. You never know what kind of snake will slither in if it's open.

Texas! You gotta love it.