Comments on: Ricky Boone’s Magic Central

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:38:01 +0000

You know Harry Anderson?!?

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:27:44 +0000

I work at a branch of the local library in Asheville. One of the hats I wear ios as the Children’s Librarian. In the summer we put on a series of one hours programs for the kids in the area as a way of getting them to come to the library and just for something to do for free. Anyhow, I was talking with a mother of one of the attendees a few weeks ago and she asked me if I knew about this shop. I said no. She told me that she first heard about it on a broadcast from StoryCorps. She also happened to have the StoryCorps book (our library owns a copy) and I leafed through it. I then went to the website and blog and found this story. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that one of the people involved with StoryCorps was Chaela! I used to live in Olympia and Chaela was in my son’s class. I volunteered there weekly and she became one of my favorite (if not my aboslute favorite) child there. Hi Chaela! It’s good to see you doing something so worthwhile and interesting.

By: Tamie Herridge

Tamie Herridge — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:34:02 +0000

Dear Ricky,
I loved hearing your story. It’s amazing to me how a 40 minute interview can be compressed into the wonderful snippet that was broadcast on NPR.
I love all your blogs Chaela.
And thanks to StoryCorp.
Tamie

By: Pete from Baltimore

Pete from Baltimore — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:04:05 +0000

Greetings from Baltimore. Heard the story on NPR this morning. You’re an inspiration. Thank you.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:36:49 +0000

Hello Ricky,
I too just heard your story on NPR… as said above Amazing!
I will be flying into Charlotte late October and… as I do every year… will be driving from Charlotte up to Ashville to have a piece of pie and see the fall colors; this year will have one exception… my kids and I will have to stop and see Ricky’s Magic Shop! With your extraordinary story, and my need to see a great magician… it just fits perfect. Keep it going RIcky, looking forward to seeing you in the fall!
Thanks also to StoryCorps – I look forward to every Friday morning on N.P.R.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:31:54 +0000

Just heard your story on NPR news… Amazing! Keep up the good work!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:58:38 +0000

I was listening to story corp and thought… Could this be the guy in Asheville that I saw at Fun Depot and the Claxton halloween get together and by gosh it is. I am always inspired by storycorp, but now I just can’t stop smiling and will be sharing this with everyone I can think of. What excuse can there be to not try and do what you love?

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:50:31 +0000

Great pictures, great post! Thanks for sharing, Ricky and Chaela.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:26:29 +0000

I love this entry… Thanks Chaela.

By: Geneva Wilgus

Geneva Wilgus — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:32:29 +0000

This is exactly the kind of story more people should have; embrace your uniqueness, be confident, and people will love you.