Dear Diary, I've been watching out the window tonight. My human's man-child is up on the pump house roof watching for the coon. So far this night's only visitors have been possums. Possums are neutrals in the current war, having committed no known offenses so far. Well, that's if you don't count how they look an offense. Nothing good looking about a possum. They're just plain ugly. Possums want to eat cat food. Amazing how many animals risk their lives for cat food left-overs. Chickens are staying away from the coop. They're scattered about the farm in trees -- out on the thin brances where even my relatives wouldn't venture. Ducks are locked up in their pen, a relatively secure enclosure. Hope the man-child doesn't fall asleep up there and roll off the roof.