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Driving Me Batty...

3/30/2018

The Baron has been living up to his nickname. Although he likes to think of himself as a little "batty", he has been an interesting inspiration. He has revealed to me how I can keep that spring in my step as I age gracefully... or not so gracefully, by remembering that there can be fun in the discovery. I invite you to come along and discover some of the fun and mystery that awaits the Baron. What brings him to his mansion in the Village and what adventures still await?

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It's No Secret that I am Hungry!

3/20/2018

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Nothing more that Meen loved than Spring! To get out and play among the flowers and to see what has blossomed overnight always creates a happy, bubbling feeling inside.

She also heard that down at the Frog Pond there was some new tadpoles being born. Sounds interesting enough to go check out.

Another thing Meen loved was leaping the Toad. So yeh, heading down to the Frog Pond sounded like a great idea. Maybe she would take a shortcut by going past the Caves. That way it would be only a skip, hop, and a jump to get to the Pond.

As Meen was thinking of the fun she would have down at the pond, she heard this voice in her head saying " I want to play too!" Now Meen was used to hearing voices because she was forever talking to herself, but this was a new and strange voice she had never heard before. Plus, the closer she got to the caves the louder it seemed to get.

Soon she was at the front of the caves and the voice was pretty insistent that she come inside, so she peered inside the dark and shadowy entrance, not sure what she was going to see. Suddenly she was staring into two bright eyes!

"Hello", said the baby dragon, "I'm Hungry!"

Meen immediately stepped back and shouted "You aren't eating me!"

"No", the dragon said, "That is my name, Hungry, and I would like to play with you. Sounds like fun to go see baby frogs."

"What are you? I haven't seen something like you ever!" shouted Meen.

"What do you mean, what am I? I am Hungry!" replied the little Dragon.

"No, not how do you feel, but what are you?" Exasperated, the little Dragon said again, "I am NOT Hungry! That is my name. As far as what I am... I don't know other than a Secret. My mother, Granny Flare, keeps telling me to be quiet cause I'm a Secret, but I want to play and the Frog Pond sounds like fun."

By this time, Meen was exhausted trying to figure out her new friend and also wanted to go play. "Yes!" said Meen, "Let's go to the Frog Pond. Did you know that a group of baby tadpoles are called 'a knotty'?. Sounds silly to me cause how could anyone be naughty when you are so little and haven't even had time to get into trouble."

That was enough of a deep thought for the two of them; so off they went to the Frog Pond to go play with the tadpoles.

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Ichthy has a love song...

3/16/2018

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As the big fish stories often go, one day, not too long ago, Ichthy decided to go fishing. Now Ichthy off fishing is not an unusual site as he is a fisherman after all, but today he decided to bring his fiddle to ease the time. He loves to play his fiddle as much as he loves to fish.

He went out to the most secluded dock he could find, pulled up a barrel to sit, cast his line and then started to play.

First it was the fast jigs that he knew so well.

Then he started to play softer, haunting tunes, that made a person yearn for someone to be with and share the magical moment.

As he played, he did not notice that the fish were not biting as he was so caught up in his playing. But they were watching him. They liked how the rhythm of the music made the water ripple in time to his playing.

On and on he played and still not a nibble on his line, but the school of fish kept getting bigger and bigger, some even leaping out of the water to see what he was doing and to better watch him play.

Finally stopping after playing a tune that even brought a tear to his eye, he heard clapping. Startled, he looked around but did not see anyone. "Anyone there?" he asked. Surely I am all alone here he thought.

Finally, he decided he should check his fishing line. He saw the school of fish all staring at him. "What do you want? You should be nibbling on my hook!" he shouted out. “Wait a minute, fish can’t clap”, he uttered, “something else is going on here.”

Peering out a little further, he saw a flap of a fin in the water and then suddenly he saw her, a beautiful mermaid! She was attracted to his playing and had been listening with the fish.

“Please, play on. It is so beautiful,” she asked him.

Play he did, that day and many days that followed. He played for her and the fish, who were her friends. In exchange for the beautiful music, she taught him how to speak to the marine life and enchanted him with tales of adventures below the ocean waves.

Now Ichthy no longer takes his fishing pole when he goes on his trips to the docks, just his fiddle and occasionally his chalk board to help school the fish in their scales. For they are working together on a song that will make it to the Top 40's charts... and beat out the ever popular Whales' song.

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