Janet Ewen & Ted Zagar at LOFS Picnic
I wanted to have that snake wrapped around me but I refrained since I have rabbits. Snakes eat rabbits. It has been my experience from reptile shows that anyone that has a rabbit should stay away from the head of the snake. Next reunion I will wear attire that does not have a hint of scent of rabbit. The snake was a surprise visit. Next grade school reunion I will be prepared and hopefully the snake will make another appearance. I really would enjoy a photo op like Mr. Zagar had with that snake .
Janet Ewen
posted by Chris Colle '72 @ 10:20 PM
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Janet, since you did so well playing croquet, you can be the official "White Rabbit" of this memorable past reunion (hey, you are wearing WHITE!, appropriately)--that is, unless you prefer playing Alice!
Years ago I rescued a large, docile domestic rabbit who must have escaped (but could not speak to tell!) a domestic environment near Hammond's Gavit High School but also near the dangerous 80-94 expressway. A young female Gavit student caught him on the hill leading up to the expressway. She had heard that I help animals.
I had the lad but a day, as a fellow animal rescuer was passing through back to New York and she promised me that he would be placed in a wonderful rabbit haven in one of the Carolinas. I later found out that he was likely placed on that rabbit rescue ranch in a row of pens with another rabbit--didn't sound too liberated to me, even though the woman caretaker was a die-hard animal advocate!
Now all of these years later I still have "bunny rabbit guilt" for not just keeping the little creature. With dogs (and maybe by that time in my life, also cats) in the house, I was looking out for the rabbit, thinking he wouldn't have much time to hop around my small home unmolested.
I will never forget him--huge, friendly and white and gray. Given their lifespans, I am sure that this rabbit is long since gone, but I learned a lesson--always ask ALL the details when you place an animal--even to animal rights' people!
Hope his life was good. He passed through mine briefly but he touched me deeply.
Yes, that was a GREAT photo op with the snake around my neck. I am waiting for my AV clerk at school to laminate two copies of the picture for me. My mom in Florida has Alzheimer's pretty bad, but still knows me. Since I care for so many creatures alone and since my sisters will not likely bring her up here anymore, I may never see her again. Growing up (oh, oh, a true confession) I was very thin and my dad and his best friend Don DeLong (yes, Debbie DeLong's father--they lived in our basement apartment during the late 1950's) called me "Jake the Snake." This was years before that professional wrestler Kae the Snake carried snakes into the ring.
So I signed one photo, "Love to Mom, from your son, Ted "Jake the Snake" Zagar." I'm sure she'll get a kick out of it.
Anyway, that is my "snake and rabbit" tale! (tail?!), Janet.
Great seeing you at the reunion!
TZ
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