Hope's Corner: Along Came a Spider, Part II

Hope's Corner: Along Came a Spider, Part II

A small and hairy black spider is homesteading my kitchen window screen. It is a safe space. I have not opened that window since about 2003. And I haven’t washed it since about 2002. For all I know, there have been a jillion generations of spiders living in the window sill dust over the past 25 years. Well, what you don’t know can’t hurt you. This one spends its days walking back and forth across the window screen. Sometimes up and down, too. Bu…