Fears

Some times traveling can help you get over some fears. My past trip to Guatemala’s jungles was just such a trip. I confess that I spent far to many moments thinking about the deadly Fer de Lance snake that inhabits that part of the world. Luckily I didn’t run into one. Strangely enough on my return home I ran into a timber rattler in my garden. Needless to say I have moved my veggie garden closer to the house. However I still walk back behind the barn in the expectation that I may get a glimpse of the booger.

In the hopes to really delve into my snake phobia I read The Snakebite Survivors Club by Jeremy Seal. The book is simply fascinating. Seal matches up destinations such as Africa, Australia and India with tales of Mambas, Cobras and Corals.
In the words of Isak Dinesen, “The man who can caress a snake can do anything”.