A Snail’s Pace - Post #700
The common name “snail” refers to any of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled shell. The diversity among snails is second to only that of insects - so what is true of one type of snail is not true of another.
In my first night in Tel-Aviv, i almost stepped on this particular specimen of what i think is a common garden snail. I watched him attempt to make the trek across a busy street for a few moments before taking his picture, picking him up and depositing him in a garden. Slow and steady might win the race, but a snail is likely to get run over by a car.
I can’t quite attribute my affinity to snails. Do i like them because i too have lived my life out of a backpack throughout the years of commuting long hours and then traveling for months? Am i still fascinated by the racing snail in my favourite children’s movie, The Neverending Story? Or am i fondly thinking back to afternoons spent pollywogging with my grandmother on the shore of the Mille-Iles river and the sole snail i inevitably brought home attached to the inside of a large mason jar?
I am rapidly approaching my four-year blogging anniversary and yet… moving forward at a snail’s pace. Although the load of memories on my back is heavy, they are my only home.
