Thunderstorm Fixation

 

I think of my early fascination with thunderstorms, as there may or may not be on later tonight. I remember, at age six, visiting my mother’s brother and his family and being very bored and a thunderstorm saved me. I could watch the lightning and listen to the thunder and ignore the adults. Ever since that early date, I’ve thought somebody upstairs is causing the lightning and thunder and other extreme weather. I have often fantasized about being swept away in a tornado and then not landing in Oz or in any other fantasy land.