Yes, I've read all of Madeleine L'Engle's books too. I went to see her speak 25 or so years ago down in Washington, D.C. at the Folger, Shakespeare Theatre, and we could bring one book to have her sign and it was heck deciding on which one :-)

Pinksoil, I don't think being afraid of weather is strange at all. My nephew (now in his late 40's with two boys of his own) was afraid "it's going to get in!" and my brother, the youngest of my three brothers, took out all his childhood frustrations of being youngest boy I guess and use to torment the nieces and nephews. It got so bad my stepsister had to get the kids to rename my brother "Snake" :-) and we all threatened what we were going to do to his kids when he had some. He moved to Hawaii though, far far away from us