A marbled orb weaver, I believe. I crashed through this little guy’s web Monday morning and spent several seconds trying to get him, and the last strand he clung to, off my arm and onto the ground without crushing him. It has to be disconcerting, if you are a spider.
Nicholas Carr on Apple Rewrite: “So, if I’m getting this right, you’d use Professional mode any time you want to sound like you have a stick up your ass.”
This week’s Positivity in Pedantry Award goes to Andrew Roberts for his correct use of the verb “eke,” observing in a book review that the author “is particularly good at eking out (her subjects’) back stories.” Our heartiest thanks and congratulations!
Summer keeps its hold with such cupidity—
It’s not the heat, you know, but the humidity.
Stopped in the pet store this afternoon for dog food, and after I paid and was leaving the clerk said, “Enjoy!” 🤷♂️
A touch of fall by Falls Lake.
Idly flipping through Emily Dickinson today: I want to do a carving titled “Even for Death, a fairy medicine.” No idea what it would look like, though.
Just a friendly reminder that it’s a good time to start researching your municipal elections.
