I've always had a large dog so that may help with the alone stuff. Locking doors or turning on lights never occurs to me.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laura - Dec 29, 2015 9:45:36 am PST #22883 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - Dec 29, 2015 11:00:20 am PST #22884 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
during most of my marriage, when I was home alone overnight, I slept with a broadsword in the bed.
I occasionally slept with a baseball bat in the bed. Usually it was on the floor, just underneath the bed, but once in a while I got spooked and needed the bat on the bed.
Toddson - Dec 29, 2015 11:03:48 am PST #22885 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I live in an old apartment building and there are a fair number of noises at night, so sometimes if I wake up in the middle of the night and hear "suspicious" sounds I have to turn the lights on.
Calli - Dec 29, 2015 2:49:04 pm PST #22886 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I live in an apartment. I can usually ascribe most noises to my cat or upstairs neighbor. And, honestly, I love hearing my upstairs neighbor moving about. Aside from being a delightful person, her footfalls and occasional thud remind me that I'm not alone in the world in the late evening.
Also, I have a puukko (a traditional Finnish knife) on my bed's wide headboard. [link]
Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2015 2:57:08 pm PST #22887 of 30002
brillig
her footfalls and occasional thud remind me that I'm not alone in the world in the late evening.
A major reason I want to live a building with other occupants.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2015 3:40:52 pm PST #22888 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
I sleep with a Kellight (very heavy flashlight) and a claw hammer at my bedside. One high, one low.
There is only one door into my apartment and quite a few noises to be made between my front gate and the bedroom door.
Plus, I live on a very brightly lit corner. People on the street all the time.
I've been very fortunate.
Connie Neil - Dec 30, 2015 5:30:23 pm PST #22889 of 30002
brillig
I was in the supermarket tonight, and a guy and girl geek were having a conversation about movies, using shorthand and half-references, ignoring everyone else, gathering their groceries, involved with each other and their subject. I had to go to the next aisle over and cry for a little bit. I miss the mind that knew me so well.
WindSparrow - Dec 30, 2015 6:20:01 pm PST #22890 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Aw Connie. Yeah.
Anne W. - Dec 31, 2015 3:29:53 am PST #22891 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
(((Connie)))
sj - Dec 31, 2015 10:35:44 am PST #22892 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Connie, I'm so sorry.
My house is a complete disaster, and I think ltc is going to be crawling soon. So it must be cleaned up, but it's just making me so depressed and anxious which isn't helpful when trying to get stuff done.