For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

Miss Kelly: A white rabbit, six feet tall.
Wilson: Six feet?
Elwood P. Dowd: Six feet three and a half inches. Now let's stick to the facts

I've had rabbits on the brain lately.

We got two cages built and finally a stand for them. I've ordered the third cage; we still need to put a roof over everything and then I need to find some rabbits.

In the meantime, we were blessed to have Tom's sister, Dianne,  and her husband, Rick,  drive out from New York bringing along my favorite mother-in-law, Margaret.

I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I'm with.

In the course of a delightful visit, we learned that Rick has never watched "Harvey".

I didn't think it was possible to reach adulthood and not have seen what is one of the most quotable movies of all time. We lost no more of that time putting in the dvd and learning all about...

...pookas,

P-O-O-K-A: From old Celtic mythology, a fairy spirit in animal form, always very large. The pooka appears here and there, now and then, to this one and that one. A benign but mischievous creature. Very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?" [Inverts and shakes the dictionary] "How are you, Mr. Wilson?" Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?

...families,

Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.

...and bad psychiatry.
 
Dr. Sanderson: I'm not using psychiatry, Miss Kelly — and let me give you a little friendly advice — that chip on your shoulder stems from a persecution complex that undoubtedly goes back to childhood.
Miss Kelly: Well, thanks so much for the case history, doctor. Now could you tell me what an over-inflated ego stems from?

Funny, witty, and well acted, this movie also fills me with the warm hope that people  can be loving and loved, with our prickles and oddities, even if we march to that different drumbeat and, yes, even if our best friend is an invisible, 6' 3 1/2 " rabbit.

Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it.

If you've never spent time with Elwood P. Dowd and his friends, rent, buy, download, or borrow a copy of "Harvey", beat off those flyspecks and welcome the miracle that is everyday life.

Dr. Chumley: Fly specks, fly specks! I've been spending my life among fly specks while miracles have been leaning on lampposts at 18th and Fairfax!