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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • Love my orbweavers! They stay outside, they’re chill and not dangerous, their webs are pretty, and they make less food available for Widows. Just have to check that the light shining from your door window didn’t bring a feast of night bugs and attract them to spin right where your face will be when you walk out.

    Edit to add: if you cone a piece of paper, and scoop the whole web like cotton candy, the spider will cling to it, so then you drop the paper in a convenient bush and leave it there until the spider has had a chance to eat the protein-rich web so it can build a new one.


  • You are if course right and they are wrong. But it’s possible they learned this by being yelled at by some curmudgeon who sits at home with their lights on, watching TV on Halloween but screaming at anyone who dares ask for candy. And at all the houses with kids, who welcome them, the parent is out chaperoning their little tribe. Ergo bowl. I say parent because of course they’re all divorced by the time the kids are walking.

    How to teach them right? Put a sign on your gatepost, not at the door, easily seen from the street. Remember, if they’re under 3rd grade they’re still learning to read, so keep it simple:

    RING BELL FOR CANDY! 🎃🍫🍭🍬👻

    Once they do that, you can remind them to say Trick or Treat, and/or admire their costumes.

    Baby steps.