Tales of the Happy Frog: The Beginnings

By William Martin

What might everyday life be like if it were lived with a true sense of grace and flow? Could ordinary people discover something extraordinary lurking in the fabric of their days? How might the human community give birth, naturally and without planning or expectations, to a new and genuinely humane way of living?Award winning Taoist author, William Martin, (The Parent's Tao Te Ching, The Tao of Forgiveness and many others) explores these questions in his first work of fiction. The answers that emerge from within the fictional community of Carson Beach, Oregon, are encouraging, inspirational, and uplifting.The coastal community of Carson Beach, Oregon, is home to a set of remarkable characters. Ordinary on the surface, the world of James Cooper, owner and head cook at "The Happy Frog" cafe, is peopled with an assortment of extraordinary people. Connie Delaney is Cooper's assistant and resident fey woman. Connie's long-time life partner, Mary O'Hara is Director of Animal Medicine at the Oregon Wildlife Refuge. Together with a Japanese doctor, A Chinese artist, an Irish Police Detective, and others, these people form a magic circle of friends. Into this circle comes Carl DeWilde, a refugee from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who arrives in Carson Beach, impelled by a dream of "dancing feet." Caught by a sign proclaiming, "The Happy Frog Cafe - Welcome Weary Traveler," Carl thinks, "that's me," and enters a world that will transform his life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549598821
• ISBN13: 9781549598821
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"