tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post1312852714592368859..comments2023-08-11T01:53:25.410-07:00Comments on Arizona Writer: The night I wore a hundred black widowsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738377880145008895noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-81629735602619586742013-08-02T22:25:44.526-07:002013-08-02T22:25:44.526-07:00A few years ago I lived in a duplex and encountere...A few years ago I lived in a duplex and encountered the same problem in our backyard when I went out side to grab the clothes from the washer and hang them up. My whole little fenced in yard was a spider web with gazillions of spider babies. We had such a horrible black widow infestation in that duplex in the short time we were there and that ended up being the biggest reason we left the place after only 6 months. Love your illustrations!<br /><br />Fellow "Arizona Writer"<br />Holly<br />http://hollydollyfashion.blogspot.comHolly M Cupphttp://hollydollyfashion.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-85342647403503646522013-03-26T20:52:46.024-07:002013-03-26T20:52:46.024-07:00Oh my ! I live in AZ ...& have waged war on t...Oh my ! I live in AZ ...& have waged war on the ants in my yard (in the house..dog dish..feral kitties dish outside)...maybe one day I can write about my reaching for a glass if water beside the bed and getting my arm hand and mouth abuzz worth ants!!! :(...... This was sadly hilarious.... Kill all the pests!!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17433816934934225742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-84175191042282541452011-10-17T19:21:06.913-07:002011-10-17T19:21:06.913-07:00This is hilarious and I love your cartoon drawings...This is hilarious and I love your cartoon drawings! Makes me feel happy because I thought weird things only happened to me. Visiting you from Google+ where I've enjoyed seeing your great photographs.Wendys Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02340859628723331599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-16936017416412000392011-07-20T16:32:19.939-07:002011-07-20T16:32:19.939-07:00OMG dying. You handled it so much better than I ev...OMG dying. You handled it so much better than I ever would have.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099276388575958095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-22399348583329959542011-07-18T08:43:58.994-07:002011-07-18T08:43:58.994-07:00I found your blog through BlogHer's 2011 Voice...I found your blog through BlogHer's 2011 Voices of the Year - and glad I did, because this post made my morning. You REALLY should label this post NSFW, because I cracked the hell up and shed a few tears over that last picture. Nice job - I would have just died if that had happened to me.Cheneyhttp://cheney.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-9591792911312701762011-01-17T14:47:49.927-07:002011-01-17T14:47:49.927-07:00Ha ha ha! I came across your blog because someone...Ha ha ha! I came across your blog because someone had visited my blog from one of your pages and I roamed around until I found this. Bloody hell this is funny! Granted, I think I like it mostly because I can see myself getting into the exact same situation. :)<br /><br />Down with ants, the scourge of my house! And hooray for Crocs, the most wonderful stupid looking shoes on the planet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-51404758866573339852011-01-14T19:15:42.605-07:002011-01-14T19:15:42.605-07:00Have you ever tried wolf spiders? They raise thei...Have you ever tried wolf spiders? They raise their young on their bodies. What fun to find one crawling on you with the whole gang! Ah! The Southwest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-8052539537747804912011-01-14T13:45:52.779-07:002011-01-14T13:45:52.779-07:00This is hilarious! Funnier than Dave Barry!This is hilarious! Funnier than Dave Barry!katiekonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828662584321512745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-6133949812001768702010-12-08T05:38:47.776-07:002010-12-08T05:38:47.776-07:00Good evening
Thanks for sharing, I have digged th...Good evening<br /><br />Thanks for sharing, I have digged this postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-41292248037401601572010-12-05T16:07:36.707-07:002010-12-05T16:07:36.707-07:00Great post, I am almost 100% in agreement with you...Great post, I am almost 100% in agreement with youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-42239513049705432082010-10-25T17:14:38.515-07:002010-10-25T17:14:38.515-07:00Thank you. That was one of the funniest recounts I...Thank you. That was one of the funniest recounts I’ve read in a long time. I can imagine I would have reacted the same way after running into a veritable city of black widows, babies or no. I’m impressed you worked on the ants after, I would have run straight for the shower, ants be damned :) You have a way with words.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13352203752082857212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-87931617448434831812010-10-15T09:45:27.506-07:002010-10-15T09:45:27.506-07:00Totally stellar. The illustrations did it for me. ...Totally stellar. The illustrations did it for me. But dude... how completely horrifying is that? I have a bit of a spider fear as well. I'm ok with them existing, just not ON me. I very well might have died of fear if I were in your shoes... err... crocs.Maryhttp://httnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-5370984045423458562010-09-30T04:03:04.669-07:002010-09-30T04:03:04.669-07:00Your artwork is totally genius-- it almost makes t...Your artwork is totally genius-- it almost makes the whole thing worth it, huh?Scary Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885710131012274860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-82793148497956130172010-09-27T18:04:50.855-07:002010-09-27T18:04:50.855-07:00Eeew! Years ago I found a black widow on the porch...Eeew! Years ago I found a black widow on the porch and scooped it up in a tupperware to show my DH later. He came home and flew out of his skin when I showed him the spider. Guess I learned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-36038709750269577652010-09-25T14:30:26.041-07:002010-09-25T14:30:26.041-07:00This was so funny, thanks for sharing :) We have g...This was so funny, thanks for sharing :) We have giant spiders outside our apartment windows, and they just terrify me. I try to ignore them, but ugh, so scary! I would not have been nearly as dignified if this had happened to me.Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)http://sophisticateddorkiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-7634959206021571362010-09-23T20:25:41.251-07:002010-09-23T20:25:41.251-07:00oh my GAWD this is horrific!!!! you poor woman!oh my GAWD this is horrific!!!! you poor woman!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-6906932544175991452010-09-23T14:23:10.681-07:002010-09-23T14:23:10.681-07:00OMG..I am torn between laughing and getting up imm...OMG..I am torn between laughing and getting up immediately to take a shower. I would absolutely be freaking out if that happened to me! It's nice that you have a sense of humor about it..I supposed you have to do deal with something so horrendous.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011826547814008084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-36436946475331441942010-09-22T13:02:14.615-07:002010-09-22T13:02:14.615-07:00I think this just might be the hardest you've ...I think this just might be the hardest you've made me laugh yet!!!!Jessicahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mama2em/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-45032180173720138722010-09-19T21:25:15.770-07:002010-09-19T21:25:15.770-07:00First of all, I concur about the appearance of cro...First of all, I concur about the appearance of crocs.. second of all. HOLY cow. I would absolutely die if I walked into a nest of Black widow spiders. I am totally creeped out just reading this and I might just call the bug man to spray around our house tomorrow.. just to be safe.<br /><br />If you get a moment please stop by my Blog For A Cure Blog Party! 22 great prizes are up for grabs for anyone who donates at least $1.00 to my Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraiser!Lanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02935599280350809645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-31135779145246408872010-09-19T11:17:28.528-07:002010-09-19T11:17:28.528-07:00Margarethe: Hmm; I've never heard that about v...Margarethe: Hmm; I've never heard that about venom and maternal care. Cool theory! I guess I should have distinguished between nonvenomous and not harmful to humans. The spiderlings are, as far as I know, harmless to humans, as are the males. Still, they're black widows. Not really something in which I'd choose to cover myself.<br /><br />Re: Altweibersommer -- cool! I love that there's a name for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738377880145008895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-68830226520686141852010-09-19T10:47:29.545-07:002010-09-19T10:47:29.545-07:00Good story! I'm not so sure the babes are so h...Good story! I'm not so sure the babes are so harmless (of course due to their tiny size, they are to you). I lately heard a spider expert. The reasoning went like this: Black widow venom may be so extraordinarily potent because these spiders do not practice maternal care, as most of their less venomous kin does. As a matter of fact, you witnessed the very early dispersal of the spiderlings. So if mom isn't going to provide how???? <br />A side note, in Germany we call this time of the year, when the spiderlings sail around by their silvery shoot-lines Altweibersommer. Figure it out - at thirty you may only think it includes you.Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-17301274078983822762010-09-19T09:04:58.017-07:002010-09-19T09:04:58.017-07:00Bill: Thank you. That is kind of what I was going ...Bill: Thank you. That is kind of what I was going for, though I certainly didn't find it entertaining at the time.<br /><br />Angie: I am quite glad indeed that no camera was involved. And no, the babies aren't venomous.<br /><br />growfamilygrow: Ha; maybe! I like to think the ASU shirt protected me. You know, until I stripped out of it.<br /><br />Kirsten: Agreed. I would take coyotes any day.<br /><br />Leslie: I am indeed nuts. I guess you've got the pretty butterflies covered so well, I've got to stick to crazy-creepy stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738377880145008895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-85935699653035566752010-09-19T08:56:50.031-07:002010-09-19T08:56:50.031-07:00I think you are NUTS. Absolutely nuts. Thank hea...I think you are NUTS. Absolutely nuts. Thank heavens!fuquinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996168855030440765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-61974589768004788492010-09-18T18:19:35.561-07:002010-09-18T18:19:35.561-07:00I really *am* sorry about your misfortune, but you...I really *am* sorry about your misfortune, but you make it all seem soooo hilarious. I'm glad I don't have spider babies in my backyard. or ants, for that matter. I'll take the bears any day.kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404879624389437991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607828889416086008.post-75351130211126149112010-09-18T13:29:06.603-07:002010-09-18T13:29:06.603-07:00You are wearing an ASU shirt. Maybe that is the pr...You are wearing an ASU shirt. Maybe that is the problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com