God - One Frog's View

Ebenezer - Someone once asked me if I have a different perspective on God than humans do. This is a hard question because I don't know how humans see God. For me, I see God in every thing I around me in the natural world. I mean, did you every look really closely at a dragon fly? Wow! What a beautiful piece of machinery! And on top of that they are delicious! Now I don't know if God speaks to people, but he speaks to me. I get these vivid dreams about things that I never would have thought about in a million years, and I just know that God is trying to tell me something. Then I do what I think he is telling me to do. But then other times he whispers words into my mind. Like the first time I met BoRock. The words that BoRock was saying and his attitude were telling me that this frog was a jerk, but the voice of God in my head told me that this frog was my very best friend. So I ignored what he was saying and treated him like my best friend from the start. It is really cool to be able to look back and remember following God's instructions and seeing the result of that obedience today. Wow. It has made such a big difference in my life having him as a friend.

My Name - BoRock

BoRock - I must get asked 20 times a day if I am any relation to Barack Obama. Give me a break. We are so totally different. First of all I am green with very dark green spots. Obama is one of the multitude of boring people colors. I do not wear clothes, I have no interest in politics except how it relates to the environment, and I eat bugs. OK, so Obama is interested in the environment too, but I was not named after him. I was told that my name is a combination of Bo Jangle and Rock and Roll and is pronounced as you would expect coming from those two derivatives.

Female Frogs

BoRock - I know it is still winter, but this is a subject that I believe this is a topic that can't be prepared for too early. I am looking for a female leopard frog. She must be beautiful, of course, a good conversationalist, have an interesting sense of humor, and love adventure and travel. Please let me know if you find any female frogs that fit this description. Tell her that I am single, handsome, charming, a great singer, a long and fast leaper, and that I will soon be co-staring in a new children's book. Perhaps we could e-mail for a couple of months and get together in the spring!



Ebenezer - Good topic choice, BoRock. I was thinking along those same lines only I didn't want to mention it. But since you brought it up, this is what I am looking for: A female leopard frog who is kind and compassionate, but not afraid to stand up and fight against injustice. She must be patient and loving, but tough and sturdy and strong as well. She must be smart, quick and clever. Oh, and if she was beautiful as well, I wouldn't mind.

Garden Planning

BoRock - It is garden planning time at our house and I must say that it is nice to live in a place where the gardener can hear us tell her what we like. Most people wouldn't think that frogs are partial to vegetables, and I must admit that I wouldn't eat a vegetable to save my life, but what I do like are vegetable eating insects! Plant lots of vegetables but don't spray them with nasty poisons. Make sure you put in a big butterfly garden with a pond.

Ebenezer - A pond is a must! Without a pond there won't be any dragonflies. Of course, dragonflies won't come unless there are mosquitoes. Also, don't put fish in the pond. Fish have a nasty habit of eating tadpoles.

Pen name

BoRock -I thought you might enjoy reading our conversation about our author's pseudonym.
Ebenezer - It would be great if you could help. All suggestions are welcome.
Unnamed Author - Of course, it is going to be my name, so I get the final word.
BoRock and Ebenezer - nod yes
Unnamed Author - For a while I decided on the name Tulgy Woods, but looking online I find that it is already taken.
BoRock - How about Frog Spy? I mean it is like you have put cameras and wiretaps all over our environment.
Ebenezer - BoRock, that was rude. She is trying to help us tell our story. Since we told the story to her she is not a spy, she is a poet. How about Frog Poet?
BoRock - What does Tulgy mean anyhow?
Unnamed Author - Lewis Carrol liked to combine words to make new ones. So it is probably a combination of a word that begins with tul and boggy. I never could figure out the tul word.
BoRock - OK, so we combine Frog Spy...Frospy! How about that? Or Spies on Frogs...Sponfr...no...Frogspon
Unnamed author - I am not frogspon!
BoRock - In a way you are since we are your creators. You wouldn't have a story without us. Admit it...you lack the creativity to write anything that we haven't told you.
Ebenezer - Just ignore him. He is being insulting because you didn't like his idea. BoRock, say you're sorry.
BoRock - OK...sorrrry!
Unnamed author - It's OK. I guess it wouldn't hurt except I'm afraid it might be true.
Ebenezer - Don't be absurd. You tell our story in a most creative way. I love how you make everything rhyme. We could call you Rhymie!
Unnamed author - I kind of like that! That way I could write poetry about other things besides frogs when I am finished with your story. But it does limit me to rhyming poetry. What if I wanted to write prose someday?
BoRock - So what would you write about if you live long enough to finish our story and still have some years left.
Unnamed author - I don't know...chipmunks, ladybugs, thyme, squash, asparagus, God, politics, education. I like to think I could be versatile.
Ebenezer - So you see yourself as a versatile verse writer.
Unnamed author - Please don't limit me to verse!
BoRock - How about Justa Reed N. A. Bog
Unnamed author - Haven't you been listening to anything we have been talking about? I might want to write about something outside your environment someday.
BoRock - That is really hard for me to imagine
Unnamed author - Try to move beyond your environment.
Ebenezer - No way! We visited the city once, and we visited the beach. Both were awful.
Unnamed author - OK, I guess I will have to do this on my own.
Ebenezer - No way, we're in this together. Give us some time to think. We'll talk about it tomorrow.
BoRock - What happened to the picture?
Unnamed author - Sorry, I need to do it at work where I have highspeed internet. Just wait for a few days.