Partial families as characters

Heather and Osmund the oppossums on Over the Hedge are a father daughter pair. There is no explaination what may have happened to the rest of the family. They are comtrasted by the complete porcupine family also on that same movie. They are also comtrasted by RJ, the raccoon who claims to have lost his family in "the weed hacker incident" (and the other three species of character without others of...

A Humble Servant-part 1

...so they didn't run and hide when he came out for his nightly stroll.  This was the best time to come out, danger was at its lowest.  Not from animal predators like coyotes, oppossums and raccoons, they were Pendreg's friends.  The biggest threat were humans. Humans always managed to destroy such habitats.  Where once several free rabbits and squirrels lived now stood large, exapansive houses with...

...center (as a volunteer) Getting familiar with the place and preparing myself for when they have 200-300 animals in a couple months.  Most of those will be babies and need constant feeding and cleaning.  As a beginner volunteer I'll be able to work with rabbits, squirrels, oppossums, box turtles, mallard ducks and canada geese.  I'm very excited. and heres a picture of a tiger cub say cheese!

Writer's Block: New Years Resolutions

..., 'drunk driving'. I think I held fast to that one, partially because I didn't have a car for the first half of lent... I love thinking of my time in Baton Rouge. Cats puking, wednesday underwear, tricky doorstops, almost wetting my pants on the kitchen floor, the oppossums eating fresh, reading passages from erotic books to eachother.... "Meet me under my crotch at 8"  or something like that.

Writer's Block: Smoked Out

.... What I miss are the cigarette breaks and the first smoke of the day. I loved pouring a cup of coffee early in the morning when it's still dark and going outside on the porch, watching the cats and oppossums scurry in my yard. I loved going outside to the smoker's tables and hanging out with the other smokers. It felt like a real break. Sure, I can drink my morning coffee and take my work breaks ...