This is Tricky

This is tricky.

 

A fist-sized frog lives in an environment beneficial for its food supply but tricky for a home. His home is mobile, warm, and swarming with the frog’s favorite food—flies. The downside of this living arrangement is that he might suddenly feel an earthquake—the “land” beneath his feet lunging at a remarkable speed, or suddenly submerging into water. Water? Well,  that’s okay for a frog, but froggy dear, watch out for the mud.

The frog is living on the back of a Water Buffalo.

You know that the presence of frogs is one indicator of a healthy ecosystem. Scientists have found that when Water Buffalos move into abandoned areas, they bring with them, an abundance of frogs, bats, and plant life.

It is estimated that Water Buffalos number more than "200 million across 77 countries on five continents.” (BBC) These animals have long been used as plough animals and treasured for their nutritious milk. (Their milk is higher in protein and fat than that of dairy cattle.) Now, they are earning a reputation among conservationists as handy landscape managers.

For decades, local farmers have allowed their water buffalo to roam freely as they carve channels where fish, frogs, and other species enter. These, in turn, feed the wetlands migrating birds. 

 

P.S. I chose the title The Frog’s Song for my non-fiction book published by Regal House Publishing. The subject isn’t about frogs, although Coqui frogs are in there, but because I read that symbolically, the frog calls the rain that settles the dust for our journey.

The Frog’s Song is a journey.

One day, my family of one husband, one daughter, one seven-month-old grandson, two dogs, and two cats, and this narrator took leave of their senses, put their house up for sale, and moved to a tropical island to live off the grid.

The journey is what life is about. And this was our journey. It left a sweet spot in my heart where our ten incredibly green acres once existed. 

 

To read more about The Frog’s Song, please go to my website: https://thefrogssong.com. (Read about our leaving. It isn’t in the book.)

Better yet, go the Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+Frog%3Bs+Song+by+Joyce+Davis&ref=nb_sb_noss.

I was hoping it was FREE on Kindle Unlimited, it sometimes is. Keep checking. I don’t know why the price varies. It’s like the weather.

 

Run Baby!

 

Keep the Momentum Going

The World is watching us

Will Democracy win?

It’s a horse race. The big one was ahead, but wait—that little filly with the heart and soul of a warrior was coming up fast.

Run, baby, our lives depend on it!

We desire to be hobble-free, to run with the wind at our backs, our foals beside us, having just been set free from the paddock and into the big, wide, wonderful world.

Hi,

I’m glad to see you here,

You have probably noticed that I changed Your Story Matter's cover again.  Part of the joy of self publishing is I can do such a thing. Also I don't have to charge $18.00 a book.

I have changed Notes from Jo to Jo's Notes because I could get a dot com. 

Another website? Really, do we need another? 

Probably not, but I need a place to expound. I've been posting my book, Your Story Matters, FREE for some time now, and I miss the weekly post.  

So, let's talk.

You talk, too. Don't be shy or afraid. I will NOT use your email address if you follow me.

You know how afraid we are of declaring our political bent, afraid we might get into an argument, hurt someone's feelings, or hate that person because they think differently from us?  I've never been particularly political, but now I feel speaking up is essential. I believe our Democracy is at stake. 

We might differ in parties, but I know people WANT TO BE FREE. They want a good life for their children. They want those children to come home from school without bullet holes. People on both sides help a neighbor in need. We can debate abortion, like when is a fetus a person, or when does it have a soul, but the truth is, it's a personal choice, and there is more to Roe vs Wade than abortion. It dips into fertility situations. Without fertility intervention, I wouldn't have one of my grandsons. Banning abortion interferes with the doctor and patient having a dialogue and deciding what's best given the situation. Nobody wants to kill babies.

And nobody wants to live under the division and hatred that has plagued us for the last few years. Yelling, calling names, telling lies, what are we in the first grade?

You can hate both parties if you want, but make a conscious decision. FREEDOM OR TYRANNY WHICH? 

 

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