When Roxie Turtle is not hibernating, he is estivating.  Some define the latter activity as a "summer stupor" which, though accurate as to season is to slander the thoughtful, ruminative activity in which Roxie is engaged.  Roxie has the perspective of the great Indian mythmakers who claimed that the world humans experience is, in fact, supported on the shells of numberless turtles, extending all the way to the very basalt of Earth's origins.

Roxie is a Mississipian, living in a quiet bywater, Mud Lake, Wisconsin.  In the Summer, he keeps company with other creatures observing the world from his log; in Winter, he escapes the Northern cold to snooze in the soft mud bottom.  Geese, Moose, Rabbits , and numerous other friends visit him and he, somewhat slowly, visits them.  Since crossing roads is hazardous to his health, he keeps a rowboat handy for longer journeys.   He enjoys reading and cooking.  He is working through Proust slowly and reads a page of Joyce a day.

He is computer literate, not just some old shellbacked slowpoke.

Artist behind the character: Pete Groat

How De Du!