The Spiders Are Coming, the spiders are …

…coming. About an hour ago, a hobo spider gave Family Phil and his crew quite a start, according to his latest entry in A Family Runs Through It. The post hit a cord with me because one of the aggressive, creepy things scared Amy Dearest big time last night when she saw it crawling across a couch pillow toward her face. The spider paid with its life when I grabbed a flip-flop from my office. Two years ago, I got nailed on the hand by one of these guys while working in the garden. I immediately called the poison center in Denver, Colo., and was told that we don’t have brown recluses up here, despite claims to the contrary. I also had one of ‘em run across my arm while I was on the computer in my home office. They certainly make you jump. Anyone willing to share an up close and personal experience with a hobo spider?