(re-post)
I wonder if I am picking up worms on sidewalk (victims of recent rains) and putting them back on soil to be noticed. I mean, well, not noticed exactly; maybe it is more that it is rather a re-markable thing to do; if anyone does notice they likely think I dropped something.
But my worry – or whatever it is – disappears about four seconds into the challenge to get a slippery, wriggling worm picked up with a fingernail left to grow long enough for that purpose, to carry it to the nearest earth, cradling it gently in my palm with some notion to warm it (the rain feels cold) and with some niggling knowledge that earthworms don't need warming. To put it onto the soil, (preferably soft in texture) and cover it with earth or leaves if any robins are out and about. (click on IMG)