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Give us your old possum story now!
Children's literature has always been fascinating to me -- how to write it, that is. You are a natural writer and I can see you'd do well creating children's lit. Give us an encore!

posted by WindTapper on April 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM | link to this | reply

Yeah. Wouldn't I?
Too much. Perhaps it is a burden of old age, to remember too much....

posted by WindTapper on April 23, 2010 at 1:17 AM | link to this | reply

I can usually tell when the possum has been on our porch.
They leave a stink that is not as distinctive as a skunk, but unmistakable.

posted by WindTapper on April 21, 2010 at 3:00 PM | link to this | reply

My dog always tells us when a possum comes to scavenge leftover scraps.
Breathless,
      Once, as Marilyn was taking leftover dinner scraps to our pumphouse, where we feed a variety of outside animals, Baby began barking at a possum, seen only by him. He never actually faces those scary looking marsupials, (he doesn't want the critter to realize that he KNOWS where they are) As Marilyn searched the area where Baby was barking, for the food thief, she scraped the plate clean of food, onto the pumphouse. When she checked to see if more scraps were still clinging to the plate, she realized that the possum was on the pumphouse LICKING the plate that she held! She dropped the plate as though it was suddenly RED-HOT, ran inside, and berated Baby mercilessly for dropping his guard dog duty. Baby isn't a fool. He has seen all those teeth, and thinks that Oppossums look like New York City rats, on crack cocaine! I just lift them up by their tail, and let the grandbrats examine them, touch the hair and tail, before releasing them to resume their normal pursuits. The kids just love this, but the possums, who knows?
            Guy

posted by northsage_45 on April 21, 2010 at 4:44 AM | link to this | reply

I’d like to think that Mother Nature does have a way of looping back to, say, pick up a dropped stitch in her knitting.

w? -- with the compassion of people like you love. BC-A, Bill’s RJLst

posted by BC-A on April 20, 2010 at 8:51 PM | link to this | reply

I love how descriptive you are! You make me feel as thougH I was there with you.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on April 20, 2010 at 5:22 PM | link to this | reply

I find it hard to pity opossoms
they seem to choose to go so slow, but I don't enjoy seeing one cast asunder by a car. Once saw a mama opossom scurrying with several wee ones clinging to her back, and I believe they can climb. I enjoyed reading about your visit with this one, and agree with your peaceable idea about nature and things made up for.

posted by Pat_B on April 20, 2010 at 10:53 AM | link to this | reply