Tales of the Happy Frog: The Beginnings By William Martin

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William Martin is an award winning author whose work expresses the practical wisdom and inspiration of Taoist thought for contemporary readers He is the spouse of Nancy the father of Lara and John and the grandfather of Jillian and Andrew. Book tales of the happy frog book A native of California Bill graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Electronic Engineering After four years working for the Navy as a research scientist he returned to graduate school He earned a Masters degree from Western Theological Seminary in Holland Michigan He did not find himself fitting within the Christian Church clergy structure so guided by his love of the Tao Te Ching he began to seek his own way He spent two decades in private practice as a Marriag William Martin is an award winning author whose work expresses the practical wisdom and inspiration of Taoist thought for contemporary readers He is the spouse of Nancy the father of Lara and John and the grandfather of Jillian and Andrew. Book tales of the happy frog summary A native of California Bill graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Electronic Engineering After four years working for the Navy as a research scientist he returned to graduate school He earned a Masters degree from Western Theological Seminary in Holland Michigan He did not find himself fitting within the Christian Church clergy structure so guided by his love of the Tao Te Ching he began to seek his own way He spent two decades in private practice as a Marriage and Family Counselor in Phoenix Arizona and taught counseling for many years at Rio Salado College in Phoenix He has been a student of the Tao for four decades. Tales of the happy frogland book In 1998 he and Nancy decided to simplify their lives so they sold most of their possessions left their careers gathered their remaining belongings into a 5X8 foot U Hall trailer and moved to the Oregon coast Nancy worked at a small Inn and Bill wrote a book In 1999 after a year of strolling along the beaches walking through the forests and feeling the intense joy of the natural world they moved to the mountains of Northern California They live a somewhat private existence connecting with their close friends and with their individual work They walk read enjoy qigong and cherish their life together Nancy is a traditional bookbinder restoring old books and creating hand bound editions of new ones site_link www. Tales of the happy frogger com Bill continues to write and paint in the Taoist tradition site_link 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 Tales of the Happy Frog The Beginnings