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Thomas D’Arcy O’Donnell's avatar

Will be glad to tell you a brief tale of a huge spider .. once upon a time in Mexico

Thanks for reminding me .. seriously ! I’ve had some rather startling experiences as a freelance shooter.. in Airports & Aircraft ! And since Air Canada was a wondrous client back in the day - have heard hilarious tales while interviewing their personnel & also granted ‘carte blanche’ access into their Archives as well .. oh deary me .. !

Will soon post a ‘spidy shot’ just for you .. & tag you haha .. !

ps - how are you re Bees ? 🦎🏴‍☠️💋

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Shell Norman's avatar

LOL. I’ll look forward to that story. Tag me, yes. Bees don’t bother me much like they did when I was a child. I have a funny story about those little buzzers as well. 🐝

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Katelyn's avatar

Love the way you wrote this one ❤️

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Benn Gilmore's avatar

Shell, as always, I love the way you craft your words. You may not know it, but I believe that you have outlined in your piece the reason that we write: to exorcise our demons...including fear.

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Shell Norman's avatar

Interesting way to put it!

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Shell Norman's avatar

Thank you for the restack! 😊🕸️

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Michael Krantz's avatar

I have a neighbor orb-weaver spider that hangs over my balcony. I named her Skultula. She's massive and ugly, but ever since she moved in here, we've had less than a tenth of the bugs we had finding their way in before. Spiders may not be pleasant to look at, but they are so nice to have around.

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Shell Norman's avatar

Ahh love the name, Skultula!

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Shell Norman's avatar

Always good to grow courage. 🙂

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Debra Madonna's avatar

>Turning my memories into stories has been therapeutic" - agree. I do this all the time. It gives me courage to face things. Yeah

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Tammy Johnson's avatar

Written beautifully! Such good word pictures on what fear is and what it does to your body!

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Shell Norman's avatar

Thank you.

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Patricia Austin's avatar

You gave me pause to consider my fears. Nice story telling with a message.

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Shell Norman's avatar

Thank you for your comment. 🙂🕸️

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Annette Boccarossa's avatar

Hi Shell. Cute read about getting over your fears! I commend you but can also relate to my own fears. I cannot get over the mice/rat thing! hahaha

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Shell Norman's avatar

Yeah I don’t think I would suggest having one as a pet! 😯🐀

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