When I stepped into the elevator, I fashioned myself as Ms. Otis asking for floors. Anything above two, however, and I became queasy. “Are you nuts? Don’t you know that tall buildings sway in the wind?”
Yeah, yeah, I know the engineering facts, but fear of heights is still irrational. When we were young, we thought that maybe we could fly using pleated skirts for wings and teased hair for altitude. These days, I have a nosebleed if I get up onto a chair to change a lightbulb…
