Eleanor Ross was afraid of everything under the sun, and probably the sun itself. She lived in a seven-story wooden house that she and her late husband, William, had built when they had just been married. Now fourteen years since his passing, the wood that was once a deep mahogany had become stained black from excessive exposure to moisture the house got by residing on the edge of a cliff that overlooked the ocean. This became an unfortunate location as Eleanor was deathly afraid of heights and wetness. And so, she decided to board up all of her windows and block off the stairs to the upper levels of the house in order to block out any reminders that she lived at such a high altitude and resolved to wiping herself clean with a dry cloth for the rest of her life. In addition to shutting off her water, she had also canceled her electricity due to her fear of electrocution. One might pause to think that the most inconveniencing part of this fear would be the inability to cook food. But one might pause again to imagine that Eleanor probably had a strange diet that was conducive to such electricity-free cooking, which she did. Eleanor's diet was quite simple because she only ate one thing: radishes. She explained the reason being that almost any food had the potential to end up tasting good or bad depending on the recipe used, how it was prepared, and who had cooked it. She had come to realize that the uncertainty of how she would feel about her meals was too unbearable as she had a strong fear of surprises. And so, she decided she would only eat radishes for the rest of her life, the one food she knew she could always count on to hate.