Bedtime Stories Podcast Fairytales and Folk Tales from the Lilypad for kids Lily, a frog

Happy New Year from Lily and Josephine (as Linda Dawn)
This largely forgotten but wonderful fairytale is written and rearranged by Marlene Wurfel, based on the concept and story by the American fabulist Emilie Poulsson (1853-1939)
Music:
“English Country Garden” & “Apline Bierhalle” & “Christmas Homecoming” by Aaron Kenny courtesy YouTube Audio Library
Auld Lang Syne (Instrumental) by the Jingle Punks courtesy YouTube Audio Library
Sound effect attributions: 
“Fairy Logo” by DDmyzik courtesy of a Creative Commons Attribution Licence via www.freesound.org https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
“Coagulated” by Timbre & “Champagne Cork Pop” by Ruben Uitenweerde courtesy of a Creative Commons Attribution Licence via www.freesound.org
"Fireworks, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

The Rich Man and the Shoemaker is a fable first penned by LaFontaine and rearranged and recorded here by Marlene Wurfel. This episode features a very special performance by Captain Thunderpants, the Vancouver Island Comox Valley's Performer of the Year in 2020. 
This story is hundreds of years old. Is it still relevant today? Should the Shoemaker have done something differently? Would you have? 
 
 

This is 15 minutes of relaxed visualization. 
Stella Starwalker and her wolf, Neon, journey through the star scape. They drink from the Milky Way, see Pleiades and other storied constellations, and rest by The Tree of Life. What does a star wolf dream of when he finally sleeps? Star bunnies, of course.
Be well, Darlings. 
#starlore
Music "Other World 7" by Almusic34 via freesound.org and a Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this epsiode, written & performed by Marlene Wurfel, Waffles the Black Bear learns a loving-kindness meditation technique from Tuffy the Griz. It helps him calm down when he's afraid to hibernate. 
Music courtesy of YouTube’s Audio Library:“Whispering Stream” by E’s Jammy Jams “Somnolent” by The Tides& "AnaCaptainslogue" by Noir et Blanc Vie
Meditation technique inspired with gratitude by a loving-kindness meditation by Dr. Emma Seppala, Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.

A sequel, of sorts, to the Velveteen Rabbit, in which the nursery magic fairy from Margery William's classic story is hard at work today. An original bedtime story modern fairytale by Marlene Wurfel. 
 
Licences and Attributions:The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1922) is part of the public domain  
Music: Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeodunder a Creative Commons Attribution license via the YouTube Audio Library
https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?nv=1
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100787
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
& Fantasy Windchimes by Northern87 on freesound.org
 

This beautiful story written in 1922 by Margery Williams is almost 100 years old and about a time in history before there was antibiotic treatment for scarlet fever, a potentially fatal childhood disease. It's a story not only about survival, but resilience, change, love, and fairy magic. 
Read and annotated by Marlene Wurfel
Licences and Attributions:The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1922) is part of the public domain  
Music:Gymnopedie No.1 by Kevin MacLeod Meditation Impromptu No.2 by Kevin MacLeod and Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeodunder a Creative Commons Attribution license via the YouTube Audio Library
https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?nv=1
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100787
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Birdsong sample by juskiddink on freesound.org via a creative commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
& Fantasy Windchimes by Northern87 on freesound.org