15 of 40 – The Eye of the Spider

Yeah...so, my "spirit animal" twice or thrice removed made a dramatic appearance this morning in the form of a web dive to the ground just in my peripheral vision as I was coming through a doorway at work. *shudder* It has been several months since the last "blessing" so I suppose I should be somewhat …

Eight Legged Freaks…or Good Omens

Either way, I am arachnophobic (is that a proper word?). So what does Life send me as good omens? Uh huh. And it can't be little, tiny ones either. Oh no, it's got to be the urban, jumbo size. Well, at the new house (which I have yet to write about. Maybe this weekend...), I'd …

An even quicker quickie *arachnophobia warning*

That monster vampire - as in only comes out at night - spider is back living in the space between supports on my front stoop. Despite giving me quite the fright when I first noticed it again (on one of my "I woke up at o'dark stupid" mornings), It does seem to have brought another …

On the Second Day of Halloween

Y'all regular readers know how big spiders have factored into my life recently. Well, here's a bit of 8-legged fiction I came up with a couple of years ago. For the second day of Halloween I give you... Here Kitty "Harry! Come get the cat" The furry weight crept up her back obviously coming in …

Day to Day Livin’ – The Arachnophobia Chronicles

It is widely known that I have an acute fear of all things with more than four legs.  Some insects (six legs) don't freak me out, and the occasional slow-moving, extremely fuzzy Caterpillar won't raise much more than an eye-brow when I spy them inching along. But dude, when it comes to spiders...we're talking full …