I headed to my second-floor office to grab something in the morning, glanced out the window and saw something swimming in the pool. By the time I got out there, it had been sucked into the skimmer basket.

Gentle poking and prodding wouldn’t get it out, so a solid shove with a fire poker sent the possum back into the water, where I was able to scoop it and … place it outside the fenced area.

Every heard one of those hiss and scream at the same time?

I needed a little sound insulation to get it out of my ears.