Of course it might rain today and will definitely rain tomorrow because I washed the kitchen floor yesterday. I also washed the hall floor. I should have realized rain is inevitable. Right now it is cloudy and about 50°. That will stay today’s weather.

I used to like comic books. Classics Illustrated comics were favorites. I got to see illustrated in color the plots of the books I had read. I remember Kidnapped more than others though I don’t know why. I used to go to Woolworth’s. Right near the door was a circular holder filled with comics. I’d spin it a few times trying to figure out the best choice for my dime. I remember one comic I bought was Spin and Marty from the Mickey Mouse Club. Another was Superman. I wish I still had those.

When I was a kid, I was afraid of almost nothing except maybe the guy with the hook. My father told us that story. I believed him. I was never out after dark, not out of fear but because my life happened in the daytime. On weekdays I was in school. Sunday was the Lord’s day, church day. Saturday was the only day which was mine.

I’ve never understood why mostly girls scream at spiders. Spiders mind their own business. They weave webs and hunt flies and moths. I used to watch them. I knew they bit but I was never worried. Really, who could be afraid of Charlotte?

In the movie The Fly, a man tries to teleport. What he didn’t know was a fly was in the machine with him. They, the fly and the man, merge. The man’s body has a fly’s head and one leg. The fly gets the man’s head and arm. It flies out of the house and gets caught in a spider’s web. That scene is one of my favorites. As the top half, the man half, cries, “Help me! Help me!,” from in the web, the spider advances toward him. The spider looks enormous. The fly-man looks tiny. It is a scary scene if you’re afraid of spiders. I’ll leave the plot there and not describe the sudden demise of the fly-man. I’ll just let you know it wasn’t the spider.

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