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Spiders Are Always Welcome

from Spidersong by Hannah Fury

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There is no cost for this recording. The [bracketed] text is from the antique book “The Life of Spiders” by John Crompton, and is presented here for educational purposes only.

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Spiders Are Always Welcome

[A friend of mine (the same friend who first drew me to spiders by making me watch one through his lens) and myself once went to tea at a Lady’s house. After tea we went into the garden to admire the fruit trees, flowers and vegetables. But whilst brooding over the herbaceous border I noticed that my friend’s eyes were rarely on the flora pointed out but were roving over the wooden paling behind, and that later, while affecting to admire the runner beans, he was studying the intersections of the poles which had proved an admirable site for the makers of sundry webs. All pretense was soon abandoned and our bewildered hostess trailed after us on a spider hunt, and it was her turn to affect to take an interest in what was pointed out. A perfunctory remark of hers concerning indoor spiders made my over-keen friend lead her quickly to her garage. The garage was built on to, and a part of, the house and was as clean as a new pin…]

Calling all Spiders
start threading your needles

The Earth needs more builders
and more spinners and weavers

[… and our hostess, with something icy in her voice, told him that he would not find any spiders there. But he did, and a big one, in the corner. He caught it too, and showed it to her, and commented on the markings and distribution of Tegnaria atrica. He then replaced it in the corner with care. “You’re not going to leave it there!” said our hostess indignantly. He said he was, but a chill air seemed to have arisen and even he realized that the time had come to stop hunting for, and talking about, Spiders. This I think, illustrates the attitude of every mistress of a house. Spiders, since for some reason they have to exist, had better take care to do so, out of doors.]

No, I don’t agree. Spiders are always welcome in my house.

Calling all Spiders
start threading your needles

The Earth needs your gifts
you embroiderers and dreamers

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from Spidersong, released August 28, 2020

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Hannah Fury

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Traveling through this Life towards Eternity, and towards the other side of this Planetary Shift; writing songs along the way.
Sending messages across Time.
All songs are free, because that's how I'm rollin' right now...
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