Joro Spiders & Writers

Be Like the Joro Spider and Get Your Book Done

A little over 10 years ago, an itsy-bitsy spider came crawling up our walls. That is, our walls in northeast Georgia. That spider had found its way, presumably as part of an egg sac, on a shipping container from Japan.

The itsy-bitsy spider had found its way to our wall by doing something called ballooning. When it hatched, it shot out a small filament—the tiniest thread of its webbing. Because the spider was so small, not much bigger than a bit of dust, it blew where the wind took it.

And it landed.

It built a tiny web.

It ate some tiny little no-see-ums. Lots of those. Here in the South, we appreciate that greatly.

And it grew. Its web was a smidge bigger.

It ate