This is the old post office from the hamlet of Harborton on the west side of the Eastern Shore with a great harbor leading to the Chesapeake Bay. The population of the town is 131 and there are four buildings similar to this one in size and location so, I presume, they are on or were on the main street. Anyway, what captured my attention here was the old screen door. There were three small stores -absolutely no bigger than this place, near our house where I grew up and when I was 7 or so I was allowed to walk to one of them to buy a piece or two of candy. And the old screen door would screech open and slam shut. The lady at the counter would always say, “Don’t slam the door” and by the next time I would forget and …slap, the door would echo in her tiny kingdom.
