This weekend, Laura put the screen door back on our house. Not exactly headline news. But in Maine, it kind of is.
There’s something about that first soft bang of the season that feels bigger than it should. Like the house itself is exhaling after a long winter.
Almost everyone has some version of this memory. A grandparents’ camp. A cottage near the water. A back porch somewhere with the smell of something cooking and people coming and going through that door all afternoon. You don’t really notice screen doors all winter. And then suddenly they’re back — and so is everything attached to them.
This short film started with that idea. That homes are often remembered not by square footage or finishes, but by the small things. The sounds. The rituals. The feeling of finally opening things back up.
Happy Memorial Day weekend. From our porch to yours.
Moving to Maine?
About the Author: Michael
