When looking forward to the new year, it's always a question on my mind as to what can I expect from Oz this year or from Wonderland this year? What movies, comics, books, media is coming out to keep these stories alive this year? I know that the current Oz piece that is happening for 2020 is the third season of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz on Boomerang, the annual OzCon put on by the International Wizard of Oz Club, and the different annual Oz festivals that happen around the nation. So, to keep up with different pieces, I use different sources to keep me in the know.
First, I always visit this website that keeps me updated on the current happenings in Oz or I visit this website to find out news happening in Oz culture and around the world. Of course, there's always new books and stories coming out from the Land of Oz, and you can find that here. So, whichever mode you are looking to find, there is always a way to keep up with the Land of Oz and all is new year fun. Oh, and one final piece is the International Wizard of Oz Club that has fun magazines that get sent out with yearly that has fun news as well. Be sure to check it out, if you want to experience more with a subscription. Have fun and keep enjoying a world that is inclusive, new, and always updating.
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When we look to the new year and what will come in our lives day-to-day, we always try to predict what will happen.
In Baum's Oz books, there are magic items that can magically see into the present like the MAGIC PICTURE in Ozma's Emerald Palace. In the Wicked books, at the end of the Munchkinlanders section, Turtle Heart, a Native Ozian of Quadling Country, gives Elphaba a GAZING GLASS that predicts the future. While looking into the gazing glass, Turtle Heart says Elphaba is seeing something concerning the future of Oz. He says, “She sees him to come; he is to come from the air; is arriving. A balloon from the sky, the color of a bubble of blood: a huge crimson globe, a ruby globe: he falls from the sky. The Regent is fallen. The House of Ozma is fallen. The Clock was right. A minute to judgement.” (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, pg. 62). Sounds like they are predicting the coming of the Wizard of Oz; however, she also uses the word, "horrors" to describe what will happen. So, what do you predict when looking into your gazing glass for the coming year and what might happen in your world? What might 2020 bring to us in the world of Oz? Any predictions? |
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AuthorMy name is Vinkus Ken and I have been a long time fan of many things in Oz and how their world truly does emulate much of ours. Did you know that they have a flag of their own? Or did you know that they have a law about only having 9 jurors in their courts? Also, Oz has a court system! I like to introduce facts that seem meaningless and bring meaning to them by comparing them to our world. So, come along on this journey and enjoy the ride. |