Fear and Fantasy

I discovered two spiders living in my house one week. Whether learned or innate, I have an adequately phobic reaction to anything spidery. There’s typically a scream, which …

… When I was growing up, my family never went anywhere; no vacations, no day trips, none of the adventures that “normal” families have. So when I was eight years old, and my parents told us they were taking us to the World’s Fair, I became so excited that even knowing we were going to a dump would not have upset me. …