DISNEYLAND HAPPINESS

DEAR READERS,

I KNOW DISNEYLAND IS A VERY MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE...HOW EVER I AM A BIG FAN.  AS SPRING COMES CONSIDER SPENDING A FEW DAYS IN BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. STAY IN ONE OF THE INCREDIBLE HOTELS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE RESORT. THE EXTRA MONEY IS WORTH NOT HAVING TO NEGOTIATE THE TRAFFIC, NOISE AND SHABYNESS OF SOME OF THE SURROUNDING MOTELS. 

TRY TO BREAK UP YOUR DAY WITH GREAT LIVE PERFORMANCES, PARADES, EATING AND SHOPPING. FOR MONEY BUY PRE-LOADED DISNEY CARDS AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO CARRY AROUND EASY TO LOOSE CASH OR OTHER PERSONAL CARDS. IT ALSO MAKES IT EASIER TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MUCH TO SPEND.  

EAT LIGHT BUT EAT OFTEN AND CARRY PLENTY OF WATER BOTTLES. IF YOU ARE GOING TO VISIT THE PARKS AT NIGHT CONSIDER MAKING EVERYONE TAKE SOME DOWN-TIME MID AFTERNOON OR TAKE A SWIM. 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS FAST CHANGING WEATHER SO BRING AND WEAR LAYERS. LEAVE YOUR FILP/FLOPS AT HOME. LITTLE ONES AND EVEN BIG PEOPLE ARE MUCH SAFER IN WHOLE SHOES. CAMERAS ARE A MUST. THE GROUNDS ARE A RAI NBOW OF BLOOMING SPRING TREES, BUSHES, AND FLOWERS. REMEMBER HATS, SUNSCREEN AND FIRST AID ITEMS.

AS I SAID I AM A BIG FAN. I HAVE HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL TIMES AND MEMORIES. NOW, I AM READY TO GO AGAIN AND GET ME SOME OF THAT DISNEYLAND HAPPINESS.

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WHY THE POPE?

DEAR READERS,

So much media coverage over choosing a new pope.

Having been brought-up Catholic, I can understand the ritual, tradition, and pageantry which has with all its' color, power and mystic the ability to mesmerize our visual needs for stimulation and our ego needs for information. But does a group of self-important men electing another male representative of an institution filled with secrecy, corruption, and abusers really deserve the constant aggrandizement of its' wealth and patriarchal control?

I find it impossible to believe any organization whose members exclude women, hoard wealth, and abuse children truly carries the love of Christ and the word of God. This is indeed the pollution of the priest craft ... I do not care how pretty the red robes and how bright the glitter of gold and jewels.

Maybe there is a pope who will be elected who will give all that the church has to the needy of the world, who will allow women to be ordained, and who will become protectors of every child's well being. This is a Catholicism I could then respect in today's world and any world to come: a prayer for balance, goodness and love. This is news I could celebrate, share, and understand.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Amber Silverstar.



Words, images, art, photography, editorials, and reviews are all copyright 2013 by Amber Silverstar. Intellectual Property Rights including any type of electronic transmission, derivatives, and/or interpretations are the sole reserved rights of Amber Silverstar.