Entries from October 2008

October 26, 2008

Husband, Cat, Turtle

A typical Sunday morning at our house, years ago, when we had our leopard tortoise.

October 26, 2008

Snapping Turtle Takes Car Ride

Over the years, dozens of turtles have spent the night in our bathtub. Ten years ago, so did a 14-inch-long common snapper we named Stormin’ Norman. I wrote about Stormin’ at length in Confessions of a Turtle Wife.

A few month’s after Stormin’ left, a smaller, ten-inch-long snapper took up temporary residence in the [...]