It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I could hear a thud as they hit the floor joists, then a scuttling sound, then, worst of all, the silence of spiders.
Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living (ed. Da Capo Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9780786745401