Mabh Savage
Words and the world passing by; how it sings to me; how I clamour back.
Devoted Mother
Arachnophobes, look away now!
A cellar spider (pholcidae) in our bathroom, clutching her egg sac. She’s been there for days, determinedly carrying the unborn babies everywhere she goes, and even fighting off a rival (they sometimes eat each other!). I’m moving her soon, as we don’t want the babies spreading out over the bathroom and drowning or being crushed by little feet.
Mabh Savage 