For my mother’s 83rd birthday her cousin Cass invited her to come to NYC to go to a Broadway show. As my parents were busily planning this excursion, what could I say but “Why don’t I drive?”

So we are sitting in Sardies after the matinee of “Old Acquaintances.” You can say that again. I had never met any of my mother’s relations until I was well into my 30s. It was quite a shock to meet someone who was so similar to my mother because she isn’t exactly your average pumpkin. Cass was my mother, only a bit younger, blonde and exotically dramatic as she had studied theater in college - and promptly moved to Manhattan to chase that dream.

She worked in and around Broadway for many years, including getting into the production game and education...

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I don’t know about your yard, but we have bunnies – big bunnies. And this week I saw some very peculiar bunny activity that I have never witnessed before.

My mother was walking me to my car out back while our cat Patrick A.K.A. a bunny-rat-mouse killer, was rolling on the driveway. Meanwhile, off in the backyard were two rabbits facing off from about five feet. Staring at each other they were. Suddenly, one charged the other – who in turn did a vertical leap, so the charger missed its mark and just ran under its target. Then, the wabbits turned and faced off again – as two centers in basketball or two hockey players in a face off or two furry world federated wrestlers with long tall ears or maybe more like a bullfighter and a bull. Bunny tension filled the air...

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If anyone out there has some dough and a little initiative, I have a great idea for a new business venture. It could be the next great thrill or therapeutic wonder to hit America. It also involves cleaning up the environment. And, I got the idea while watching CNN!

Have you heard of the latest invasive species to attack America’s fresh water? They are Giant Asian Carp (AC). These shimmering beauties weren’t always enormous – but they are growing in numbers and size even as I write this, well, at least I think they are.

It seems the AC was introduced as algae eaters. But now these slime-hungry fish, which were a remedy, are instead the problem. Yes, as hard as it is to believe, the AC has become a dreaded pest...

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