I had a baby possum once. I found him tooling around at the edge of the woods, he didn’t seem afraid of me, and so I brought him home and kept him in my room until my mother saw him and started screaming. Mothers don’t understand some things.
My wife had a possum in her house, too, before we met. Her possum had babies. Right there in the house. She didn’t throw them out!
I really don’t know what was wrong with my mother that day. Must’ve been something she ate.
I have lived in Metuchen, NJ, all my life. I have been married to my wife Patricia since 1977. I am a former newspaper editor and reporter. I was also the owner-operator of my own small business for several years. I wrote various novels and short stories published during 1980s and 1990s. I am a long-time student of judo and Japanese swordsmanship (kenjutsu). I also play chess, basketball, and military and sports simulations.
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Where I grew up in Missouri, there were quite a few, but I never had the
inclination to try to bring one home; not that I could have caught one
anyway, and I know I would not have been allowed to keep it if I did catch it. I always thought they were cute, though.
May 21st, 2019 at 7:38 pm
I know very little about them. I ca’t recall ever actually seeing one. They seem to have an appeal of their own, however.
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May 21st, 2019 at 8:12 pm
Mostly they come out at night. You won’t find them in Arizona or Colorado, though.
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May 21st, 2019 at 8:24 pm
OK, i’ll meet you halfway; how about New Mexico? 🙂
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May 21st, 2019 at 8:44 pm
Outta luck there, too.
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May 21st, 2019 at 10:08 pm
I didn’t think so.
I’m still under the spell of Byron’s baby picture. 🙂
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May 21st, 2019 at 7:51 pm
Where I grew up in Missouri, there were quite a few, but I never had the
inclination to try to bring one home; not that I could have caught one
anyway, and I know I would not have been allowed to keep it if I did catch it. I always thought they were cute, though.
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May 21st, 2019 at 8:12 pm
Parents are *always* not letting you keep the nice critters you bring home!
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May 21st, 2019 at 8:41 pm
That’s true. They have a different agenda that the kids.
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May 22nd, 2019 at 6:15 am
Wow, almost as cute as Byron!
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May 22nd, 2019 at 10:02 am
But Byron has cuter cheeks. 🙂
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