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8-11-2003 - 11:23 a.m.
Wildlife 
No, it wasn�t a 30 man orgy in the hot tub in honor of Hawk's birthday. (Wish Him a Happy Birthday!) Sorry. But while we were all sitting �round the kitchen table yesterday, reading the paper and having a 2nd cup of coffee, we did see a really fat possum running across the front yard. Some people call these creatures opossums, but they aren�t from Kansas. �Did you see that?� asked Michael pointing out the window I offer that �I think it�s a pregnant cat� "No" says Hawk, who is Native American and more in touch with our animal brothers. �That�s a possum.� We look closer and sho� nuf, Hawk is right. �A really fat possum.� Hawk begins to entertain Maria with stories about how Brother Possum makes a delicious stew cooked with a can of Campbell�s vegetable soup and government rice. �Yuck� says Maria and Michael and I have to agree. Mikey is a vegetarian and I would never eat anything I had to kill myself. Then the child asks the perfectly reasonable question �What do possums eat? �Because what a possum eats would be the answer to why he is in our yard in the first place. The kitchen grows silent. Between the 3 of us we have some respectable educations from various State Universities (U of Texas, Kansas, South Dakota and California at Berkeley) We have advanced degrees and a wallful of diplomas. We�re properly addressed as Doctor and don't hestitate to use our titles to our advantage. Not one of us knows what a possum eats. �Purina Possum Chow, honey� I suggest, but Missy ain�t buying that. Ray mentions that if Brother Possum eats homegrown garden veggies that WE will be eating that possum stew very soon. Michael speculates that since possums are marsupials they eat leaves, grass and other vegetation, but vegan Mikey may be projecting his own values onto Brother Possum. Since Maria is a bright child, she suggests asking a higher authority. Ask Jeeves! Did you know how to work a search engine when you were in the 2nd grade? And before I enlighten you on the preferred diet of the Possum, do you know what possums eat? No cheating! According toThe Opossum Society of the United States: Opossums are beneficial: eating the harmful, unwanted pests around your home such as snails, slugs, spiders, cockroaches, rats, mice and snakes. Think of the opossum as your free gardener. The opossum is known as �Nature�s Little Sanitation Engineer� for a good reason! They also like fallen, rotten fruit, so Michael was right about the apples More Possum FUN FACTS HERE Think Pink Noah is not doing well. Word from Australia is that he has slipped into unconsciousness. Let's pray that he's gone into a place of inner-healing. Keep saying your affirmations. Noah is strong Noah is powerful Noah feels positive Noah feels relaxed Noah can do it Noah feels energetic Noah is the victor Noah has got good blood Noah will rebuild rebuild rebuild
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