1.   Birds are chirping outside on the vine-covered porch, as the music of opera singer Andrea Bocelli wafts through the screened door and kitchen window.

2.   But then he turned, and when I opened the screened door to the porch he deigned to enter.

3.   Maybe someone is sitting just inside that screened door, watching the storm clouds slide across the bay.

4.   The life that I remember behind southern screened doors was unhurried and simple.

5.   Villages dot valleys, strung together by winding roads and country stores with screened doors.

6.   Waiting for someone to come through the screened door so I can see who lives there.

7.   We grabbed pillows and glasses, scooted through the screened door, and took refuge in the living room.