| And now... a rant |
[Dec. 9th, 2006|05:40 am] |
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Have you noticed that there aren't any worms? Have you? When I was a kid, after it rained the sidewalks would be littered with worms that had been flooded out of their homes by the rain. Is it because my head is too far away from the ground? Is it because there are less worms then there were when I was a kid? Is it possible that I have outgrown worms? What about snails? My daughter caught a snail the other day. She was very excited. She had it in a little jar and desperately wanted me to see it. When we got to the jar, the snail was gone. I hadn't see a real live snail in ages. I used to collect them. I kept them in a shoe box. I heard that if you held a sea shell to your ear you'd hear the ocean. Snails looked like sea shells... so for a good deal of my childhood I suspected the ocean sounded a little gooey. But now that I am an adult, no snails. No worms! Should I blame global warming? That seems trendy. Should I blame encroahing on snail and worm habitat? Or should I just surrender to the fact that I have no time for worms. No time for snail catching. That time has past. Some things slip through your fingers before you realize that you were supposed to hold on to them. Worms and snails are probably the least of these things. |
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have you noticed the depressing lack of frogs?
i remember when frogs came out like the plague after a rainstorm and it was the most awesome magical thing
it's sad.
Apparently frogs are a Savannah thing. When I moved here people thought I was silly when I talked about frogs being everywhere after it rained. I think it must be the marsh. Lots of bunnies here though.
yes, but do they come out in droves when it rains?
oh, and for nostalgia's sake
remember the last night of Wizard of Oz when there was a mass exodus of baby frogs at Armstrong?
there are still snails and worms, its just that the taller you get the more you have to squint.
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