Like how we are taught, like how we are not, like how we hide ourselves in vain

[sovay]

Today I received a five-foot-long shed snakeskin as a present and made myself a lobster roll for dinner. [edit: Not with the snakeskin. With some Caesar dressing and a piece of toasted bread, on account of not actually having hot dog buns in the house. The snakeskin is in an appropriately sized plastic tube on top of the bookshelves and will turn into a shadow box as soon as I can back it with some black cloth or paper. Just to be clear.] I am exhausted and appear to have misplaced the brain with which I wanted to write about things tonight, but I have had objectively worse days.

Comments

[lilysea]

Okay, I read this not long after waking up, and thought you'd made sushi rolls using snakeskin in place of seaweed...

[sovay]

Okay, I read this not long after waking up, and thought you'd made sushi rolls using snakeskin in place of seaweed...

Grammatically, I can see how that happened. Practically, I feel it would be a waste of a very attractive five-foot-long snakeskin!

[cmcmck]

I'm glad you explained as I was beginning to wonder! :o)

[sovay]

I'm glad you explained as I was beginning to wonder!

I suspect it would have been clearer in the original formulation of this post, which was a snakeskin, a lobster roll, and a book, but then the book turned out to require more writing than I was up for and I deleted it without regard to the important clarifying function of commas.

[shewhomust]

Today I received a five-foot-long shed snakeskin as a present and made myself a lobster roll for dinner.

I'd call that a day well spent. And I did not for a moment read this as one item rather than two.

[sovay]

I'd call that a day well spent. And I did not for a moment read this as one item rather than two.

Thank you!

[dhampyresa]

I would love to see the snakeskin as it is now if you don't mind.

[sovay]

I would love to see the snakeskin as it is now if you don't mind.

Not at all! I'll try to get a picture tomorrow in good light (it's both night and pouring rain right now).

[dhampyresa]

I look forward to it! thank you.