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...enthusiasm after he rings off the phone. As I stand to leave, he starts playing fetch with Spot. Using a purple tennis racquet, he hits a tennis ball, brown from slobber. If I hadn't been there maybe he'd be on those phones, pacing, torturing the TV's rabbit ears to get clearer reception. But instead he starts talking about Yale. "I must admit that I thought some of them thought those of us from the South didn't get it," he says, swatting the ball. "That was just fine with me." Thwack goes the racquet. He says...
...away from it all without ending up in the middle of nowhere. Best known for its vino nobile, the town is perched on a hill just two hours from Rome. At Cantuccio's, for example, one can order a meal of local pasta (pici) with garlic or ragu, rabbit, vin santo and dessert--all for $20. There are more than 100 vineyards in the area; some, such as the Castello Banfi, are worth a visit just for the view of the countryside...
...Conversely, if Gore should pull a legal rabbit out of the hat in Tallahassee, indignant Republicans will pour out of caves and country clubs all over America, shaking their flintlocks, howling for blood...
...remembering childhood: the Pooh, Piglet and Rabbit doors hidden in the trees and bushes between the Science Center and Littauer. Pooh lives at the base of a tree; Rabbit and Piglet are across the path and a bit harder to find. An early visit--say, before 11 a.m.--often finds small children in strollers calling good morning to Pooh in passing, or leaving "presents" inside his wooden door...
...variable in Kiely's work is which "victim" gets to be on the canvas. One series has ostriches, while the other depicts battered stuffed animals. Kiely instructs us that she is speaking to the victims of society. The ostrich and the bunny rabbit are to Kiely misused symbols of fear and innocence. The only misused anything, however, is the canvas she wastes on what is simply boring and ugly painting...