The place to find fantasy fun and fairytales. When you first drive into the humongous parking lot at Disneyland, you pass under the elevated monorail and immediately you are directed by an army of white nosed parking directors pointing this way and that. All cars follow each other and park neatly in a rowContinue reading “I’m here to see the mouse.”
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Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?
Disneyland is my place. I grew up with Disneyland going back to the old Disneyland TV show hosted by Disney himself. I visited Disneyland the first week it was opened. I witnessed Disneyland changing and becoming bigger and better after numerous visits I know the place. I love the place. I have not visited DisneyworldContinue reading “Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?”
Mr. Disney, we need you back here on Earth.
My happy place. It was clean and well-kept and certainly a happy place for me to be. I had looked forward to being in this place ever since Walt Disney talked about it on his Wednesday night Disneyland TV show. Finally in 1955 the theme park opened to the general public. But what was noticedContinue reading “Mr. Disney, we need you back here on Earth.”
Ron’s grandma, Ron, and me.
Intergenerational laughs. I would often go home after school with my friend Ron. Ron lived with his grandmother in an apartment near our high school where Ron and I attended. I knew her as Mrs. Powell, a savvy senior woman and an up-to-date on current pop culture. And for certain a good cook. I wasContinue reading “Ron’s grandma, Ron, and me.”
Okies with English as a second language.
We were not great communicators. We often responded to others inquiries with volumes of silence. Few words would come from our lips spontaneously. We Okies were slow to think and slow to reply. Mostly because we seldom spoke out loud to say anything. All of which is characteristic of southern Oklahoma red dirt Okies. OurContinue reading “Okies with English as a second language.”
Where is that guy who created Toy Story?
Whatever happened to John Lasseter? Remember John Lasseter? He and Steve Jobs started Pixar. The animation studios that produced Toy Story and other computer animated movies including Cars. Read the book ‘Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Many pages were devoted to explaining who John Lasseter was back then. But sadly he was released from DisneyContinue reading “Where is that guy who created Toy Story?”
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