potentialities

...interesting.

Speaking of which, Charlotte is an authoress who considers her offspring to be her greatest work and thus more important than her writing...

hm. well, I always got the feeling that Charlotte considered Wilbur to be like one of her children. She took care of him, protected him, and made sure he would survive -- a very maternal thing to do. In that light, her 'writing' is really just part of her maternal feeling, which would also cover 'miraculous' -- mothers will move heaven and earth on their children's behalf, a devotion that men just can't get, even when they are the recipients of it.

I always loved Charlotte's Web, but it never got me over my arachnophobia.

This class sounds fascinating. I wish SB offered one like it.