John Gullion
A few years ago, when our youngest Ainsley was two, we recruited my mom and stepdad to assist on a brief Walt Disney World vacation. And we booked a cabin for all of us at the Ft. Wilderness Resort. On the first day, we took the family into the Magic … Read More
I was born to wing it. I’m typically at my best when motivated by the crushing pressure of having to succeed or face the humiliation of abject failure. Given time to perform a project, I will procrastinate, get distracted and do anything other than the job at hand. I’m a … Read More
Walt Disney had a vision – one of many really. He wanted to take the lessons learned in building Disneyland in California. And apply them to the mega-site he was preparing in Central Florida. In addition to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, Disney had a dream for EPCOT. The … Read More
Long ago, before we carried massively powerful, supercomputers in our pockets or purses. Or perhaps in the case of select mee-maws – bras, the world was a very different place. Certainly a more disconnected place. As a result, some folks lived their lives without straying past the next village or … Read More
My two littlest kids are grazers. In fact, they don’t eat big at mealtime but they like to snack throughout the day. In the real world, that’s mostly fine. But school days tend to be something of an ordeal for my youngest and most dramatic child. Deprived of her preferred … Read More
I made it a surprising number of years on this planet without ever realizing that themed matching family shirts during amusement park vacations was a thing. Sure, I’d seen families in color-coded shirts before. But I had always assumed it was for practical purposes, like quickly spotting each other in … Read More
It had to be 1978. I would have been four with a thick, blondish brown bowl cut and checkered slacks. I looked like that kid from the Allman Brothers album. We were visiting my grandparents in Lawrenceport, Indiana, a community that consists of little more than an intersection of two … Read More
I don’t want to start this article talking about giant exotic birds. The truth is I have what I believe to be some very clever ruminations about the nature of people. Specifically, people who would go to a magical theme park in sweltering central Florida, a park with seemingly unlimited … Read More
In honor of Theodor Suess Geisel, I thought about writing this in rhyme. Spoiler alert: I made it about three lines, deleted it and started over. That rhyming business is tricky. In fairness to me, Dr. Seuss – aka Theodor Geisel – made up a lot of words whenever he … Read More
The internet is a magnificent tool, offering all the knowledge of the library of Alexandria at our fingertips. We can use it to reach across the world, to share news and information and entertainment. On the internet, we can explore new worlds, hobbies and learn about places we will likely … Read More