Inspiration

Towards the end of the summer everyone cleared out. All of my adult children and their little ones had added to their frequent flyer miles.

F.D. and I were settling into ourselves, very much enjoying the quiet late summer nights. We envisioned the little ones tucked into their own beds in the west, had a certain satisfied feel that the time we had together was quality time.

The two of us returned home together one night to find that our spider had made a new start. The rain and wind in Chicago had been challenging and had previously knocked out this guy's iterations of three-foot webs on our front porch several times. We hadn't seen Spider in awhile and thought that certainly he had scouted better digs.


Those of you with spiders understand. We let it go.

And there he was! The epitome of If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try, Again.

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In case you're wondering, No, I won't quit my day job.