Guardian Angel Kids Magazine, January 2012 Issue
04 Jan 2012 9 Comments
in Guardian Angel Kids Tags: Donna McDine, Editor in Chief, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine
The January issue of Guardian Angel Kids Magazine is now on line for you to share with the youngsters in your life. The theme for this month is “Siblings.”
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief:
Dear Readers of Guardian Angel Kids Ezine:
Welcome to the January 2012 issue of Guardian Angel Kids Ezine (GAK).
The beginning of a new year usually brings a time of reflection on the year gone by and hopes of the new year filled with health, happiness, and success. As I get older, I conduct a mental housecleaning of simplifying my life and taking a concerted effort to enjoy the moment of the current day, instead of worrying about the “what if’s”, because often times the “what’s if’s” don’t even come into play. It takes time to break the “what if” habit, try it today and focus in on your tasks of the day instead of obsessing about tomorrow. I know for myself I find myself not as drained if I focus on the here and now, instead of what I think the coming days, weeks, and months should be.
Our January 2012 theme for the month is all about siblings. Come along and reminisce about your childhood through the delightful poetry and stories in this month’s issue and don’t forget to share your memories with your children.
Wishing you all the best in 2012 and beyond.
Best wishes,
Donna McDine
Editor-in-Chief
CONTACT: Donna McDine, Editor-in-Chief, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine
Email: submissions@guardian-angel-kids.com
Website: http://guardian-angel-kids.com
FEATURED BOOKS:
My Sister is My Best Friend a TRILINGUAL Flip Book by Nicole Weaver, illustrated by Clara Batton Smith
My Brother the Frog by Kevin McNamee, illustrated by Alexander Morris
CHILDREN’S POETRY, SHORT STORIES, AND ARTICLES:
“My Little Brother” by Katie (age 10) – the antics of a little brother and big sister’s frustration.
“Hailey’s Homework,” by Juliana Jones and illustrated by Jack Foster – Young Hailey is too little for homework and makes up her own assignment with unhappy results.
“Monsters and Brothers,” by Judy L. Forney and illustrated by Samantha Bell – The roller coaster ride of brothers and how they tease one another.
“Keys to Help Your Child Score Well on Standardized Tests,” by Nicole Weaver – Tips to help you prepare your child for standardized tests beyond the studying.
FEATURED DRAWING, GAMES & ACTIVITIES:
Draw and paint your brothers and sisters with Painting Board
Featured Games from Guardian Angel Publishing Books
Visit Guardian Angel Kid today and www.guardian-angel-kids.com and enjoy a child-safe and ad-free Ezine.
We also invite you to stay connected with Guardian Angel Kids through our Facebook Fan Pagehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Guardian-Angel-Kids-Ezine/163785080346247.
Please feel free to drop Editor-in-Chief, Donna McDine an email at submissions@guardian-angel-kids.com and let them know what you think of Guardian Angel Kids and what you’d like to see in the future. They aim to please.
The Guardian Angel Kids Ezine staff and contributors look forward to your visit. Thank you for your time and interest.
Review of Joanne Lamond’s novel, Daughter of the Sun: The Herbolaria’s Story
15 Dec 2011 4 Comments
in Book Reviews Tags: Daughter of the Sun: The Herbolaria's Story, Joanne Lamond
Warm up your Kindles, Everybody, ’cause you’re going to want to read this book.
I’m happy to present Joanne Lamond’s review of her book, Daughter of the Sun: The Herbolaria’s Story.
Joanne is an friend of mine from the time when the Gainesville SCBWI critique group was first formed in 2002. We were sorry when she moved away because she showed excellent insight into the stories that were read for critiquing.
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Barbara, my first adult novel is now available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble as an e-book. Daughter of the Sun: The Herbolaria’s Story is a fast-paced, carefully researched historical account of life in Spanish la Florida in the late 17th Century. Set in the Timucuan province of Potano, near modern-day Gainesville, Florida, the story centers around a young native healer, Esperanza. Love for her people and her heritage forces her to choose a course that puts her in conflict with Spanish authority and the Church. Her trek across northern Florida to save her friends from English invaders and pirates ultimately saves her people, who are on the verge of extinction.
As a native Floridian I have always been intrigued by the history of this Spanish colonial period. Living near Gainesville and my alma mater, the University of Florida, rekindled this interest and I started writing a children’s novel. But the more I researched and wrote, the more my characters begged to be adults fighting for their survival. The ending came to me quickly. In reading William Bartram’s account of his journeys through the south, I came upon a description of a beautiful race of women living in a swampy area of northern Florida and southern Georgia. Their men were fierce warriors. The women prayed with rosaries and spoke a strange language. He dubbed them Daughters of the Sun. So, though Esperanza’s story begins in the beautiful, rolling hills of Potano, it ends in the Okefenokee Swamp.
I hope your readers enjoy my book.
Thank you again for including an announcement on your blog.
Joanne Lamond
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I would like to add that Joanne did a wonderful job of incorporating native American words and folk tales into her book. Her characters are alive with purpose and emotions and her word pictures show old Florida in its wild simplicity. The conflicts are life and death struggles.
Spirit Stealer by Sue Perkins
11 Dec 2011 3 Comments
in Book Reviews, MuseItUp Publishing Tags: MuseItUp Publishing, Spirit Stealer, Sue Perkins
Finished reading Spirit Stealer by Sue Perkins. Middle Grade mystery from MuseItYoung Publishing. Sort ‘o scary.
I interviewed Sue during our September Blog Tour of MuseItYoung Publishing’s Middle Grade and Young Adult Authors. I read Spirit Stealer on Kindle and I really enjoyed it.
You can find my interview with this New Zealand author on this blog on September 8.
With both boy and girl protagonists, this book is appealing to readers of both sexes. Since all of us here are readers, we love libraries, don’t we? Libraries are safe places, right. Well, don’t bet on it. Could characters actually come out of the books? The setting of this book in a library makes it doubly intriguing.
The plot involves two different boys and their encounters with the spirit stealer who lives in the library. The first boy is a street urchin who needs a warm, dry place to sleep. And the other boy is the son of a librarian. It’s interesting to see how the girl character spans the stories of both boys. You’ll want to read the book to see if the stories merge and to find out if the evil green phantom is ever vanquished.
Disclaimer: I purchased my copy of this book and was not paid for reviewing it.
Visit Donna McDine’s Blog
06 Dec 2011 3 Comments
in Book Reviews, Interviews Tags: D. Robert Pease, Donna McDine, Noah Zark: Mammoth Trouble
Hi Friends,
I’m passing along some information I got from Donna McDine. She has written an interesting interview with author,
D. Robert Pease, who wrote a middle grade time travel/futuristic novel, Noah Zark: Mammoth Trouble. If you go to Donna’s blog, read the interview, and comment on it, she will enter you in a drawing for a $50.00 Amazon gift card. Your comment will also help her; she needs lots of comments.
http://donna-mcdine.blogspot.com/2011/12/author-interview-with-d-robert-pease.html.
Dr. Ronald Dearinger, Doctor of Business Administration
17 Nov 2011 7 Comments
in Family Tags: Dr. Ronald Dearinger, University of Phoenix
On Wednesday, I flew with my daughter, Jenny, and her husband, Ron, to Phoenix, Arizona, where Ron was to be awarded his Doctorate of Business Administration. We picked up the rental car at Avis and drove to the Sheraton Hotel. What a fabulous penthouse suite! We knew it would be a great place for the celebration party; it was very roomy and had a large patio as well. They took me to Mike and Alva’s (Ron’s sister and her husband), where I was to stay.
On Thursday, the five of us drove to Sedona and had lunch. The scenery through that countryside is awesome. We saw some beautiful geologic formations. Sedona, which had expanded since Jenny and Ron were last there five years ago, is built on a southwestern adobe style architectural plan, and it’s very artsy. The statue of the dancing couple, dressed in 19th century costume, life-size bronze and rotating on a wagon wheel, is on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. For dinner that night we ate sandwiches at home.
Friday was Veterans Day, and it fell on 11-11-11. Alva wanted to stay home and make Friendship Bread. So Jenny and I went to Tempe. She knew of a street at the Arizona State campus that has lots of restaurants. We chose the Irish pub; we ate shepherd’s pie and bread pudding with Irish whiskey. Then we drove a long way back to the center of Phoenix to the Phoenix Art Museum. We were fortunate enough to be there for a Veteran’s Day Celebration that took place in a small auditorium. First there was a Flag Ceremony, the Honor Guard being veterans. Several veterans in the audience were introduced. There was one man who had been in WW II, a few from Korea and Vietnam, and several from Afghanistan. A docent, who has been with the museum for about 30 years, gave an inspiring presentation of art using slides projected onto a large screen. Her focus was on the Hudson River School, showing the natural treasures of America. Afterward, we joined everyone on the courtyard lawn for refreshments. I met the World War II Veteran. Later in the day, Jenny and I helped Alva arrange the food platters for the next day. Then we went to the hotel to decorate. Jenny, Alva, and I (well, not me, so much) strung crepe paper streamers across the drapery of the windows and arranged the table decorations. Ron and Mike blew up balloons and attached bunches of them to the crepe paper streamers.
Saturday was Ron’s big day. He and Jenny went early to the University of Phoenix’s stadium, which is four times larger than the University of Florida’s O’Connell Center. Alva, Mike, and I joined Jenny in the seats. She chose to be on the front row, and we had a good view of Ron when he came in. The procession was led by a group of bag-pipers and drummers. Jessie, Mike and Alva’s daughter, and her daughter, Kayla, also came to see Ron graduate. The graduates and the speakers were shown on two large video screens. Ron was interviewed, along with lots of others, and Jenny got to see that, but we didn’t arrive until later. But we got to see him file in with the other Doctoral Candidates wearing his impressive robe and red hat. The video gave a really up-close view of each graduate and displayed the name. Our guy: Dr. Ronald Dearinger.
After the ceremony, we went to the Sheraton Hotel for the party. Jenny displayed Ron’s Disertation and his Diploma (which had been sent to him in August). A large chocolate, chocolate, chocolate cake served as a tempting centerpiece. In addition to the seven of us, there were other guests. Ron’s nephew, Willie, and his girlfriend, came from about 30 miles away. And Ron was especially pleased that the wife of the principal of his high school, Alice (88 years young), and her two daughters, Bev and Jean, came. Jean and Alva were good friends during their high school days, and they still get together from time to time. There was lots of reminiscing going on. Jenny showed the rotating 150 pictures of Ron and his friends and family on her lap top computer and she also took lots of pictures of everybody. I enjoyed talking to Alice. Jenny told her that I am a writer and she told us that her cousin is Dav Pilkey who wrote the Captain Underpants books. I said I would have to tell my grandsons about that. Jessie’s daughter, Kayla, is an adorable 4-year old. Jenny gave her a toy and I gave her a book; she was very interested in her gifts and enjoyed playing with them. I sat with her and we lifted the flaps on the book, and I was surprised that she knew so many words; she’s very smart and was well-behaved throughout the long day. We also played toss-the-balloons, the way I had played with my grandsons years ago. Ron was looking forward to a good prime rib, so we all joined up again at a nice restaurant. I enjoyed getting better acquainted with Bev. She had been a neo-natal Nurse Practitioner, but is now retired to ranch work. It was altogether a very satisfying day. We are all so proud of the hard work that Ron put in to achieve his Doctorate.
Jenny will be putting pictures of the event on Facebook.
Then after we came back home, the following Sunday, Jenny threw another party for Ron at the clubhouse at Uptown Village. This was a great opportunity for Ron’s local family, friends, and colleagues to express their pride and congratulations.
Jenny had a special surprise for Ron. She used copies of his Dissertation to make pinwheels which she stuck into pencils and displayed in terra cotta pots. These were the centerpieces for the scattered tables. I helped her make the pinwheels. It was my suggestion to use gold doilies under the pots. She also used pages from the Dissertation–copies, that is–to create a banner that read CONGRATULATIONS. She displayed the Diploma and Dissertation–which has a humongous title–at the front of the room, along with Ron’s doctoral gown, hood, and red hat. The room looked very festive with the decorations and food.
When Ron came in, he said something like, Should we follow the old tradition and burn the Dissertation. I said we did something better than that. He like the things Jenny had done with the pages.
She also put the automatic picture album on a table and it ran all day. This time there were pictures of the graduation in Phoenix.
It was fun to stretch the celebrations out for a couple of weeks.
Monday Metaphors: Puns Take off
24 Oct 2011 24 Comments
in Monday Metaphors Tags: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, V. S. Grenier
Puns and take offs crack me up. They’re everywhere. It seems that we’re hardwired to make the associations of pictures or words or sounds or whatever that lead right into the take off. Comics who do the funny papers are especially adept at puns and take offs, and they do it in the most succinct manner and often simply visually. This is why my newspaper is all cut up.
Here are some of my favorites:
Hi and Lois. Cell phone rings. Boy one: Another message from Maggie? Second boy: She sends them all day; she’s my “tweet-heart.”
Mother Goose and Grim. Two vampires sitting in a bar. One says: I’ll meet you tonight at high moon.
Pickles. Kid: Where are you going, Grampa? Grampa: I’m going on a jabberwalky. Kid: what’s a jabberwalky? Last frame: Grampa has to listen to Gramma jabbering endlessly.
Frank and Ernest. Frank and Ernest are snorkeling and come upon a sign: “Welcome to Atlan tis” Lying on the ocean floor is a letter “N”. Frank says, “Look, Ernie! It’s the lost consonant of Atlantis!”
Message on t-shirt: Dijon Vu; the same mustard as before
Another t-shirt: Relish Today. Ketchup Tomorrow.
Cosmetics commercial: “See spots run.”
Can you hear Meow? A takeoff on the commercial: Can you hear me now?
Gator Raid = a picture on the wall of a restaurant in Gainesville, FL, of the Gator football team whomping another team.
For swine flu you need oinkment. For bird flu you need tweetment.
Jessica, my granddaughter, and I were talking about the magazine Scientific American. I asked her if she knew anything about “quarks.” She said, “It’s a quarky world we live in.” August 18, 2011
Book titles are good sources for puns
Lucienne Diver’s book is titled Fangtastic
Peter E. Abresch’s book is titled The Faltese Malcom
Graeme Smith’s book is titled Comedy of Terrors
Bennett W. Goodspeed wrote: The Tao Jones Averages: a Guide to Whole-Brained Investing
In The Weaver by Kia Strand (Ch. 11) Abigail Wordsmith says, “Good morning eager weavers.”
James Joyce’s biographer says of Ulysses: Much of the wordplay in the book stems from the use of multilingual puns. . .
I haven’t read this book by John Pollack, but I hope to some day: The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics.
This last is an exchange between two writers whom I admire:
July 8, 2011
Carolyn Howard-Johnson responded to a post on Virginia Grenier’s blog, The Writing Mama http://thewritingmama.blogspot.com/2011/07/wacky-poetry.html
(the blog was about fractured fairy tales):
Virginia, I think a little wackiness helps with writers stress (it’s a little like writers’ block!). I always end my Sharing with Writers newsletter with a pun. They fit because puns are considered one of the highest forms of language and my readers are all authors–that is they–by definition–have to work with language.
Best, Carolyn
I agree with Carolyn that puns are an elevated form of language. My own story, “Gum-Fight at the Circle K Quick Stop,” is a take-off on the famous gun fight at the OK Corral.
Review: The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
20 Oct 2011 2 Comments
in Book Reviews Tags: Rodman Philbrick, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOMER P. FIGG, by RODMAN PHILBRICK
What’s a twelve-year-old boy to do if his brother is illegally sold into the Union Army and he’s left to rot in his uncle’s barn and get less to eat than the hogs on this Maine farm?
Why, set out after him and prove to the authorities that his brother’s only 17 years old. And that’s what Homer P. Figg does. He begins by taking the old horse that he and his brother had inherited from their parents. Soon that horse is stolen from him by a couple of rascals who stink worse than any pigs Homer has ever known.
The stinkers force him to lie to the kindly Quaker man who helps run-away slaves get to the Canada border. But together, Homer and the kindly Quaker foil the stinkers’ plot and Homer sets out with a naïve budding preacher with money to retrieve Harold, Homer’s brother.
Then the naïve preacher is fooled into giving the money to a con man and his sister, who send Homer down the river in a pig crate (with the pigs).
Without any money, Homer is taken in by another con artist, a “Professor” who sells “elixir,” i.e., strong spirits at his travelling medicine show. Homer is billed as the “pig boy,” half boy and half pig—and it’s pretty convincing because of his smell and the pig tale that’s sticking out of the back of his trousers. Then the “Professor” is apprehended as a Confederate spy.
How Homer escapes from the authorities by getting away in an Army surveillance balloon is one of the most exciting of his adventures.
By chance, Homer lands near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the day before the battle in which his brother faces enemy fire. But it’s Homer’s accidental wounding of Harold that takes Harold out of the battle. Of course, it’s Homer who picks up the Union Flag and soldiers on!
The young readers will see the Civil War from aloft as they sail along with Homer in the hot-air balloon. Though they cannot escape the cries of the wounded, they will laugh at Homer’s “mostly true” tall tales and cheer his determination.
I listened to this story on audio tapes from my public library. The book was published by Random House, Inc. in 2009, and the suggested audience age is 8 and up. As an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
My Guest: Brian Knight
13 Oct 2011 13 Comments
in Book Reviews, Interviews, Sites for Writers Tags: Blood Chronicle Series, Born of Blood, Brian Knight
Would you believe that my guest, Brian Knight, a published author, did not like to read when he was a youngster? But I’ll let him explain and you’ll understand where his font of story ideas springs from.
Hi Brian, Welcome to Stories a la Mode. I’m so happy to have you as my guest. I’ve enjoyed reading about your journey to publication and I know my readers will, too. Take it away . . .
Who Needs An Imagination?
Not too long ago I was asked the question ‘at what age did you start reading.’ I must admit that I had to think about that question before I answered. You see, as a child I was not a big reader. In fact, books bored me. Right about now you may be thinking – how did he become an author if books bored him? Many people who knew me back then have asked that question many times. The truth is, writing found me but that is for another post.
No, reading wasn’t high on my to-do list for the first 12 or so years. I would read in school but after that torturous experience was over I would stay as far from books as my favorite bicycle would carry me. I think back on those days and I don’t regret not reading. Oh yes, I heard that deep intact of air from all of you but please allow me to explain.
In those days we did not have all these electronic gadgets and toys. Heck, cell phones were nothing more than ideas. Some would call me old while most would call me a young pup but what I just said still holds true. I was raised in the country. My dog, basketball, bicycle and favorite toy gun were some of my prized possessions. I can’t think of a time, growing up, when I wasn’t riding the country roads, playing ball or running through the forest. I look back on those days fondly now that I am grown with a son of my own. What does this have to do with writing? I’ll tell you.
Memories, thoughts and dreams follow each of us as we journey from child to adult but the one thing that I’m most grateful for is that my imagination carried through and is still vibrant to this day. Back when I was a kid my imagination took the form of cowboys and Indians while I ran through the woods or playing against Magic Johnson on the basketball court or racing down bandits on the mean streets. Of course I can’t do those things now or a strait jacket would be waiting for me so my imagination morphed and changed. It took on a whole new form and began to shape stories in my mind; stories I would soon write down and stories I will one day share.
The imagination is such a wonderful thing. It can spark a new invention or set off a movement that can change the landscape of how we do things. It was imagination that brought to bear the Harry Potter books which opened the doors to reading for thousands if not millions of young people. Perhaps those young people are still reading. Who knows, maybe their imagination was sparked and they are now writing.
What finally sparked my love for reading? My imagination was there and I was using it regularly but books….not so much. It started with comic books. The perfect combination of pictures and words fed my imagination nicely until I grew older. Then it happened. My imagination was captured by the first Lord of the Rings movies and it ignited my desire to read. It was like a famished person being fed for the first time. I was ravenous. I would read books all night. I didn’t care that I had work the next day all I wanted to do was read that next sentence, that next chapter, that next book.
My imagination merged with my desire to read and a fireball erupted inside. It was like a dormant volcano had been awakened but instead of a flow of lava, a flow of stories flowed forth. It was amazing to experience this and only now can I see and understand that it all started with Magic Johnson on the court, the bandits on the country roads, and the Indians in the woods.
Bio: SB Knight has seen his poetry and short stories published in both books and magazines. Now, with the publishing of his first novel, Born of Blood, he has achieved a goal and dream set many years ago. Currently he is working on the sequel to Born of Blood which will be the second novel for the Blood Chronicles series.
SB Knight is the creator of ‘The New Author;’ a blog that started as a learning tool but has since grown into a community of friends and peers. He is also co-owner of Premium Promotional Services where authors can find the help they need to promote their book(s) on the Internet.
You can find SB Knight here:
Website: http://www.sb-knight.com/
Blog: http://the-new-author.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @thenewauthor
Google+: +Brian (Brian Knight)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FansofSBK (I would really like more Likes, thanks)
Thanks again for sharing with us today, Brian. I will tweet this post @ babs22582 . (I’m having trouble posting on facebook, but I’ll try).
Guardian Angel Kids Ezine–Sports edition
09 Oct 2011 3 Comments
in Guardian Angel Kids Tags: Donna McDine, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine, Lynda Burch
The October Issue of Guardian Angel Kids Ezine is full of a variety of fun articles, stories, and activities. To name a few: a turn-the-page story, a story read aloud in video form, poetry, stories, and games. The coloring pages are especially challenging. If you are a parent or teacher, tell the teachers you know that there is lots of help for teachers in every issue.
Link to the magazine: www.guardian-angel-kids.com
Children’s Ezine Guardian Angel Kids: Sports and Activities– October 2011 Issue.
Read these letters from publisher, Lynda Burch, and editor, Donna McDine.
Although technology is a wonderful learning tool, it’s important to teach our children the importance of getting up and outside to enjoy the boundless adventures of sports and physical activity. Not only is it good for the body to stretch your muscles and participate in physical activity it does wonders for the brain and soul of one’s body by releasing endorphins.
Join us at Guardian Angel Kids Ezine October 2011 issue and get you and your children grooving through physical action by becoming inspired by this month’s poetry, stories, activities, and articles at http://www.guardian-angel-kids.com.
We also invite you to stay connected with Guardian Angel Kids through our Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guardian-Angel-Kids-Ezine/163785080346247
Letter from the PUBLISHER: Lynda S. Burch: http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com
Featured Book and video:
Cartwheel Annie Flipping Book by Marilee Crowe and illustrated by K.C. Snider – Annie likes being upside down. When the neighborhood children see her cart wheeling down the sidewalk on the way to school, they begin to tease her. That embarrasses her siblings. It seems everyone is tired of her gymnastics, until the circus comes to town, and Annie becomes the star of the show.
Whispering Wally, art and story by Kevin Collier – Watch a special video of Wally the Whale and his treasure hunt, keeping active swimming.
Children’s poetry, Short Stories, and Articles:
“The Name of the Game,” by Ellen Javernick – clever poetry that takes you for a whimsical ride through sports.
“Once Upon Home Plate,” Katie – 5th grader – self confidence soars at the awe inspiring homerun.
“The Magic Bat,” by Marcia Faber and illustrated by Samantha Bell – imagination and fantasy takes you on a delightful outcome of a special bat.
“Fall Freeze,” by Erin K. Schonauer and Jamie C. Schonauer and illustrated by Kathleen Bullock – two sports plus one party equals an icy situation. Can a figure skater and a hockey player learn to balance their differences or are they bound to collide?
“Turtle and Rabbit Relay,” by Karen Robuck – Does the turtle always win the race? In the familiar fable he does, but what about in real life?
“Ways to Use Activities and Games to Teach Vocabulary,” by Dorit Sasson – Engage your students in games of vocabulary and have fun along the way.
Featured Drawing, Games & Activities:
Draw yourself being good with Painting Board – PAINT page
Featured Games from Books – GAME page
Please feel free to drop Editor-in-Chief, Donna McDine an email at submissions@guardian-angel-kids.com and let them know what you think of Guardian Angel Kids and what you’d like to see in the future. They aim to please!
We look forward to your visit. Thank you for your time and interest.
by Donna McDine, Editor-in-Chief, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine
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Marine Park
08 Oct 2011 2 Comments
in Environment
Please visit this site to see an unbelievably beautiful marine ballet. This marine park in Mexico is on UNESCO’s Natural World Heritage List and the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. “It has recently been described by the scientific community as ‘the world’s healthiest marine reserve,’ because of the remarkable recovery of its marine biodiversity and the productive model which has allowed local communities to improve their quality of life and achieve a successful, low-impact livelihood based on sustainable tourism,” states the World Wildlife Fund.
http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=35001.0&dlv_id=47997
Even if you can’t help, you will be enthralled by the video. (Just click on one of the links to see the video).
There's nothing wrong with me a little ice cream won't fix. 
