on the spinning of yarns and the weaving of tales

the mention of weaving in the last post
sparked a flood of private correspondence
in addition to all the kind comments

apparently

the zeitgeist is afoot
[weaving links around the whirled]
it appears many are either discovering weaving
returning to it
have been dreaming of it
or
been weaving their dreams

weaving is so embedded in our culture
and even in our language
we spin a yarn [or tell a story] - our maternal ancestry was referred to as "the distaff side" -
weave elements into a tale
weave our way through traffic

i suspect each and every one of us
could find a weaver in our ancestry
if we looked back far enough

and there are certainly plenty in the garden

artist Nina Katchadourian describes the mending of webs
helpfully using red thread

many webs are short-lived
but the 75th anniversary of a famous web
was marked last weekend
[there's a video of a wonderful firework display on the link]