AWOL Airwaves is Back on Air

After idling for a few months here at AWOL Airwaves, we have finally returned with our newest post, “A Gift of Glass”. We hope you enjoy it, and we hope to bring you more great articles like this every month.

You will also notice that we have changed up our look a bit, introducing a new logo typeface and twenty-five new page headers. These headers feature original images from my 2008 and 2011 trips to the Magic Kingdom, not only of the Jungle Cruise, but also of surrounding Adventureland.

Thank you for staying with us,

Updated March 18, 2012

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A Gift of Glass

One day last summer, while on a run in Brimfield, Massachusetts, I took a rest at an antique store, one of many in a small town that every year hosts the largest flea markets in New England and the oldest in America.  Of course, I was keeping my eyes wide open in this store – which was crowded from the floor to the ceiling with all sorts of antiquities – for anything Disney.  I saw lots: a Minnie coin purse, a Mickey pocket watch, a rubber Donald Duck doll, and a Goofy jigsaw puzzle.  But nothing that really intrigued me.  And then I saw it.

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In Which We See Beyond the Hundred Acre Wood

"so it's rather safe to say, that it seems that it may turn out to be . . . feels that it will undoubtedly . . . looks like a rather blustery day today"

At the beginning of the Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day segment in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, viewers are offered a fleeting glimpse at the land that lies beyond the Hundred Acre Wood.  I never noticed this when watching the movie as a child, but a few years ago, I happened to catch this brief view that lasts for only 64 frames, or a little more than two seconds, by my count.

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My Winnie the Pooh Wish List

Honey's not the only thing we need...

During the past few years, there have been quite a few occurrences when I went searching for a particular Winnie the Pooh product to buy, and to my frustration, I discovered that it was not available for purchase.  I have been keeping a mental list of these items, and with Winnie the Pooh in theaters, I thought now would be a perfect time to share it here.

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