1.   He did it now, dragged his chair out under the leafy fig tree, beyond the glow of the porch light.

2.   In the glow of the porch light, he saw her eyes turn that mesmerizing shade of periwinkle.

3.   And twice on the front porch - then my mother turned on the porch light.

4.   Esquivel crawled across the tracks, a rock embankment, a ditch and a street to reach her back yard, where a porch light burned.

5.   I chant those phrases as a preventive measure against everything from a busted hot water heater to a shorted-out front porch light.

6.   Just the occasional creaking door and flashing porch light.

7.   Leave the porch light off.

8.   Other than a shattered porch light, no signs of violence or a struggle with an intruder.

9.   Tape silhouettes of witches, arch-backed cats or bats to the porch light.

10.   Tawil observed that a porch light behind him did not obscure the twinkling stars overhead.