When asked to carve a pumpkin this week, I was borderline inappropriately excited. It’s probably been ten years since my last pumpkin-carving, which is far too long. There’s nothing like…
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A gourd by any other name
Do you remember the first time you saw a gourd? Did you think it was a "pumpkin reject"? I did. My mom always loved decorating for autumn and Halloween. The…
Read More »Halloween in January?
During the winter months, we get asked "what exactly do you do when the park isn't open?" a lot. A lot. I often joke that we spend quite a bit…
Read More »A gloomy day
When the November forecast calls for rain – all-day rain – it’s awfully hard to even think about getting out of bed in the morning. But sometimes, between the raindrops,…
Read More »A peek behind the (shower) curtain
Warm, fuzzy moments happen around here all the time. And when one of the men on staff tells the story, it’s all the sweeter. So when the new guy (Tony…our…
Read More »A Halloween tale
Back in 1994, it was such a thrill to take part in naming our first big roller coaster. We knew it was going to be built in our Halloween section,…
Read More »The swallows come back to Capistrano …
… while a different type of bird makes its way back to Holiday World each spring.
Read More »Even the skulls are smiling!
A friend from Massachusetts emailed me this morning to tell me about his young daughter. Ella just turned six and is a darling little girl. As the mother of three…
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