Someone once told me that a person unknowingly eats about two spiders a year. This usually happens while the person is asleep. Apparently spiders like wet, moist environments. And what's more wet & moist than a person's mouth? (Okay, get your mind out of the gutter, kids.)
June 2005
Archived Entries from this Month
Bugs
June 26th, 2005A Sacrifice in Solitude
June 19th, 2005As his eyes rose to the sun-brazen sky, he thought to himself: "Yup, today is a good day to make amends."
The old man staggered down the steps of his porch. Each worn board creaked out a different tale. He stomped onto the sand and puffed dirt into the sky. His cane pressed into the ground and left behind a solitary mark.
I'm an Orange
June 12th, 2005"Back in junior high, I dreamt I was an orange," Bonnie said. I regarded her with a tilt of my head and arch of my eyebrow. Then I thought: What is it like to be an orange?
Crawling Through Life
June 5th, 2005I notice that the snails come out onto the cement right after it rains. I'm not sure why; maybe the wet mud is too slippery for them. Or maybe they like the feel of the cold, hard cement on their tushies once in a while.
Whatever the reason, I couldn't help watching one of them the other day. It inched along without a care in the world, leaving behind a shiny sliver of slime. And it made me wonder: wouldn't it be great to be a snail?
