Edward Stanfield
Sep 9, 2018 · 1 min read

I believe some of my early memories are false (a product of photographs and stories) especially the ones supported by black-and-white grainy photos in an old photo album.

But, there is one memory that has no photograph or story. I can’t recall my age at the time, but I’m certain it was pre-school.

In front of a house we were visiting, my mother chopped up a snake with a shovel while I watched, and each piece of the snake continued to writhe in the dirt.

I believe she told me it was a rattlesnake (quite poisonous).

At that age, this was rather traumatic and formed neural connections that have never faded.

    Edward Stanfield

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