I had dinner with my aunt, my mom’s sister, last night. Thinking about people who we thought would be at the funeral but hadn’t come had made my aunt go down a path that had really affected her. She thought about things Mom had done that people didn’t really know about and so, they couldn’t [...]
Archive for July, 2008
My mom’s legacy
July 31, 2008Disney Magic Meets trip report on my site
July 31, 2008I added the trip report for Magic Meets and Hershey Park to my website under trips. Only mentioning it in case someone is interested.
Some more tears over Mom
July 30, 2008I had a bit of a rough night. I colored my hair because what gray I have was showing, and I remembered my mom a few years ago noticing I had gotten a few grays. She got this horrified expression on her face and I thought I had a tick or something in my [...]
Disneyana Jones is online!
July 29, 2008My friend, Dave, started his blog, so the Steamboat Willie design is up and running. He named his blog “Disneyana Jones”!
My review for “The Dark Knight”
July 28, 2008We saw it at the drive-in on Friday night with Journey to the Center of the Earth which was, unfortunately, weak. That’s all I need to say about that; I hear it’s got great 3D effects, but the movie could have been much better.
As for the new Batman movie: SPOILER ALERT!!!
Heath Ledger is phenomenal! [...]
Steamboat Willie blog design
July 25, 2008A friend of mine saw the vacation blog design I did in December, and asked if I’d do a Disney blog design for him. I knew his favorite Mickey is Steamboat Willie, but no design idea really made me happy until a few days ago. So I finished it at lunch (because of course I [...]
Have we been In the trash?
July 24, 2008What makes you say that?
The flip side of not knowing how someone else sees you
July 24, 2008My stepfather, Ralph, asked to see my sister Cathi — and just Cathi — to finally straighten out this mess. She and I talked about what he could mean by that; it certainly doesn’t sound good, but in all the scenarios she and thought of, I never thought of the truth.
To boil it down, it [...]
