I had volunteered for some sort of animal protection/rescue group. Today we are in the desert leaving out white 1x2 in nuggets for the snakes to eat. But first, we must make the nuggets.
Before me is a large pile (taller than me) of a white, fluffy, sandy substance. I learn that this substance is actually snake feces. We are going to shovel it into a machine where it will be pressed into nuggets. "We're feeding them their own poo?!?" I think to myself. Anyway, I begin to shovel, when my nephew Paul tells me there is an easier way. He dives headfirst into the pile until I can only see his shoes. Then he rolls out, his body like the center of snowball, until he is covered in a 12 inches of thick, fluffy, snake poo. Paul then peels the poo blanket off of him and comes back to do it again.
I take off my cardigan (to dive in) and notice that the guy standing next to me is wearing a mohair jacket exactly like the one I had in high school. We begin talking about the coincidence of him finding it at Goodwill. I see that it even had creases at the cuffs where I had rolled the sleeves. "That HAS to be my old jacket!" I'm so surprised to see it again.
Friday, August 20, 2010
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