Sensory Overload

spider sensibility

I noticed a spider

silently
propelling itself from its web on the ceiling
down down down
to the pile of dirty dishes
I was about to wash.
I don't mind spiders,
even when they are inches from my face
~ they're nature's architects, you know.
So, I stood still
and let it pass,
down down down

to the floor
scurrying,
on its way to another dark corner ~
'to weave what? and where?' I wondered.

I looked down
and quietly started
washing the dishes,
random thoughts trapped
in the waxy web still clinging to the ceiling.

 

Thank you Shoonyata, for helping me remember my evening in these words.  It's not much, but it'll do.

And thank you RJEvans, for your enchanting and enlightening words and photographs, describing the architecture of arachnids and the wonder of the webs they weave.

And thank you especially to the very talented Automania/Mike and booleansplit/Robert for their beautiful photographs.

Tonight was a strange series of dominoes falling.

And so I leave you with some wonderful quotes from a wonderful story ~ Charlotte's Web ~ because everyone should have a Charlotte in their lives.

Wilbur: I think you're beautiful.
Charlotte: Well, I am pretty. Nearly all spiders are good looking. I'm not as flashy as some, but I'll do.

Wilbur: Are you writers?
Charlotte's daughters: No, but we will be when we grow up.
Wilbur: Then write this in your webs, when you learn: This hallowed doorway was once the home of Charlotte. She was brilliant, beautiful, and loyal to the end. Her memory will be treasured forever.
Charlotte's daughters: Ooh, that would take us a lifetime.
Wilbur: A lifetime. That's what we have.

Charlotte: Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.

NaBloPoMo

[Hand-drawn buttons by the very cool Shira Golding and Ari Moore. ]
My very hip and au courant mejor amiga Ginger just told me it's National Blog Posting Month ~ sounds like a much better way to celebrate November than fretting about the holidays.

Over at the NaBloPoMo website, they offer to host your blog (if you don't already have one ~ you know who you are) and they offer Forums "where you can commiserate with other people who are loving NaBlo, hating NaBlo, tearing their hair out over NaBlo, or cheating by backdating their posts." 

They also offer a few nice tips to get started for the month:

Last year everybody just went for it, posting thirty days in a row and maybe hoping to win a prize in the random drawing. This year, for those of you who suspect you might run out of gas, maybe you'd like to try blogging on a theme. Follow a news story for the month; get deeper into an issue that you want to educate yourself about; keep us abreast of how your yoga practice / daily muffin-eating regime / matchstick Eiffel Tower is progressing.

It's like in October Cindylu had that great series for Halloween on a Budget (and she mentions the fabulous Gilmore Girls and she always has a great Question of the Week, plus her new haircut is hot!).  And, by sheer luck, I am on track with the daily-post requirement!

For me, it has felt rusty getting back into writing mode ~ ~ a lot of what I wish I could write about, I can't since it's work-related ~ and I'm often left wondering who in the hell would want to read the nonsense I come up with anyway.  Well, lo and behold, if the other day a complete stranger did not email me, letting me know just how much she enjoys reading my blog, and more importantly, how much she identifies with what I write; we have similar family backgrounds.  Reading her email made me feel like what David Sedaris must have felt as 2665 people laughed and cheered and clapped Monday night ~ for me, for now, one is enough.  But even that isn't reason enough for you to write, and to write every day ~ that "just one" starts with you  ~ someone reminded me recently to just write for me, and the rest will follow.

So, get to blogging!