We are back from India. Frankly, although we were extremely far from Mumbay, it wasn't the most relaxing trip we ever spent. I had never been to India (my wife Rita had 12 years ago) and I found the experience overwhelming. Beautiful - often stunning - temples and palaces, fascinating from a cultural perspective but way too cahotic from my point of view. I thought that Latin America and Mozambique had prepared me for environments that are not as structured as Europe, but they had not. Don't get me wrong: I do not regret the trip but it was by far the toughest vacation we have experienced to this day. The next one will have to take place in a very relaxing setting.

And now back to our usual programming with quite a few important links you may have missed while I was away:

- Home (Page) Again by Michael Barrier (November 25, 2008)
- The Hilberman File by Michael Barrier (December 1, 2008)

- The Walt Disney Family Foundation site has been updated
- Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Premieres by Wade Sampson
- Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Remembered by Wade Sampson
- Live-Action Photos from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty by Amid Amidi
- Japanese-American Animation Artists of the Golden Age by Amid Amidi (outstanding post)
- Ward Kimball Headstand by Amid Amidi
- Tyrus Wong Interview by Amid Amidi
- Recap - Pink Elephants by Michael Sporn
- Memories of Mouse Club conventions past by Greg White
- The Illustrator Fall76 Part I by Joakim Gunnarsson
- the Illustrator Fall76 Part II by Joakim Gunnarsson
- The Illustrator Fall76 Part III by Joakim Gunnarsson
- Jack Foster by Floyd Norman