Monthly Prompt: January

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The prompt for this month is:



Opening a Door



To quote the Wikipedia entry:

January (in Latin, Ianuarius) is named after the Latin word for door (ianua), since January is the door to the year and an opening to new beginnings. The month is conventionally thought of as being named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology, but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month.


The door could be literal or metaphorical. A return home, an escape from a prison, exploring an unfamiliar building. Or expanding one’s horizons, being offered a new opportunity, helping someone else.



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