tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post7468872047145335351..comments2018-04-03T21:58:20.713-07:00Comments on Lost in the Stars: False AccusationMathnerdehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801972480144862709noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-43693017943245444122013-05-29T22:20:21.751-07:002013-05-29T22:20:21.751-07:00Here I am catching up on my blogs, reading about l...Here I am catching up on my blogs, reading about lovely oceans and beaches and family and here you go with...shudder, shudder...spiders. Ugh! Terrified of them! Nope, I don't check markings...if it's in the house, it dies. And I pay the pest service good money to hunt the ones lingering outside. Suspect this makes me a bad person...but I'm not sure I care. Lol...shudder, shudder. Seriously, I like your writing style even if I'm not fond of the particular subject of this post. :-)Anna K. Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685312217660749398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-70198984290322809912013-05-26T15:19:51.785-07:002013-05-26T15:19:51.785-07:00I had no clue brown recluses weren't native to...I had no clue brown recluses weren't native to California. I'm so glad I read this post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630083432020245440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-78554680348538367232013-05-23T19:38:23.418-07:002013-05-23T19:38:23.418-07:00My first knowledge of and warning about the brown ...My first knowledge of and warning about the brown recluse came from a friend before I was to leave on a trip to New Zealand and Australia. So, when a tour guide in the Blue Mountains announced her talk with "Things that will Kill you!" I perked right up and listened.<br /><br />Haibun is new to me, too. Thank you. xoAAnnis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-67597177013840501972013-05-22T15:47:01.251-07:002013-05-22T15:47:01.251-07:00I used to play with Daddy Long-Legs spiders, I tho...I used to play with Daddy Long-Legs spiders, I thought they were quite interesting. Once, at a friend's pet store, I held a Tarantula - It felt like little Q-tips brushing against my hand. Even though it kind of freaked me out, I faced my fears and was glad I did.<br /><br />My biggest feared spider is the Black Widow. Man, some of those are huge and just about any black spider makes me jump.<br /><br />Thanks for introducing the haibun. I liked your poem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541262358255974325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-46615779303600351012013-05-22T13:33:52.808-07:002013-05-22T13:33:52.808-07:00Haibun is new to me~But the brown recluse is not. ...Haibun is new to me~But the brown recluse is not. The first time I heard of them was while working for the State of Arizona. Another employee was telling me about a person who had been bitten by one at a local motel and almost died and had to have a part of their upper arm cut away. <br />With five little kids to care for at home I became a spider vigilante, and it is highly unlikely that I would check markings or other minutiae before killing one on sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-29908373181605309142013-05-22T10:06:35.206-07:002013-05-22T10:06:35.206-07:00My brother had a nasty spider bite a few years ago...My brother had a nasty spider bite a few years ago. Also thought to be a Brown Recluse (of course he lives in Oklahoma). Of course this isn't to say that some other spiders don't have nasty bites. The Desert Recluse which are found in the Mojave can make people pretty sick.<br /><br />I too try to get the spider outside when one finds its way into the house. Most of the time I succeed. Sometimes I don't. But I try to find a peaceful way of removing the undesirable tenants.Mathnerdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801972480144862709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176801021644668526.post-3076190581340305682013-05-22T09:55:41.376-07:002013-05-22T09:55:41.376-07:00Mark,
Thank you for introducing me to haibun. I&#...Mark,<br /><br />Thank you for introducing me to haibun. I'm intrigued by the idea and look forward to learning more about it.<br /><br />I am not intimidated by spiders; but, I don't like having them inside my house. Rather than to smash them, I usher them gently to my garden. Several years ago, my cousin was bitten by a spider that was said to have been a Brown Recluse. He didn't die, but was sick enough to be hospitalized.Dennishttp://www.derwerff.com/blognoreply@blogger.com