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PARTYING POSSUMS

October 17, 2023 by Lesley Truffle
POSSUM photo by Ran Fuchs (flickr)

Partying Possums   ‘Nighty night, Sleep tight, Don’t let the bedbugs bite.’   Children’s rhyme from Emma Mersereau Newton’s novel Bascobel (1881).   I’ve become somewhat obsessed with sleep – mainly because I’m not getting enough of it. In the past, the act of sleeping was something aggressive CEO’s and macho politicians derided in interviews. … [Read more…]

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