... hear the wind picking up.  A mutter of thunder.  Look
out of the apartment, what do I see?  A madswirl of
gathering forces, pointing into a funnel --- oh,
dang.  So do I do what smart people do, head
for shelter?  Nope --- grab the camera.  My
twin sis screams, "What are you doing?!?"
as I take the last two images of what
may be my undoing.  She yells, "Get.
In.  This.  House.  Right.  NOW!!"
Me:  "Just one more picture!"
She is f u r i o u s; wanting
to wrap crutches around
my neck.  But I get the
pictures I wanted:
see, it's like this
--- you can take
the girl out of
the chaser
but not
the
chaser out of the girl.  Have to face my fear sometime ...

(c) 2008, Karla Dorman (10/8)