The Amazing Tale of Bub the Trier
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This story was inspired by a trip to the supermarket to purchase vanilla ice cream requested by her three young daughters. The chest freezer held some strange seasonal combinations but no vanilla. As the Pumpkin Carmel Ripple flavor was mentioned, the girls all made disgusting noises and faces… so this story developed to make the most disgusting combination of flavors that any child, or adult for that matter, could image. The final twist to that day was going home and making ‘Kick-the-can’ ice cream. It was fun and much more exciting to have the girls participate. And the day was a success after all. The idea for The Amazing Tale of Bub the Trier was to find a character who could possibly put together strange food combinations and come out with a totally unexpected success. The final twist in this story is that something wonderful did come out of the trying.
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This story was inspired by a trip to the supermarket to purchase vanilla ice cream requested by her three young daughters. The chest freezer held some strange seasonal combinations but no vanilla. As the Pumpkin Carmel Ripple flavor was mentioned, the girls all made disgusting noises and faces… so this story developed to make the most disgusting combination of flavors that any child, or adult for that matter, could image. The final twist to that day was going home and making ‘Kick-the-can’ ice cream. It was fun and much more exciting to have the girls participate. And the day was a success after all. The idea for The Amazing Tale of Bub the Trier was to find a character who could possibly put together strange food combinations and come out with a totally unexpected success. The final twist in this story is that something wonderful did come out of the trying.
About the Author
Joan Walmer Neill grew up in the Central Pennsylvania countryside (Grantville, PA) with her Mom, Eloise, her Dad, Jonas, and 4 sisters (Jean, Jodie, Joyce and Jill). She has always loved to hear stories of wonder, fantasy and adventure. In the late seventies, Joan and her husband Eric moved to Rochester, NY to start their family. While in Rochester, Joan began working as a contractor for the City of Rochester Department of Parks and Recreation. Joan developed original puppet shows to perform throughout the city at the neighborhood recreation centers and schools. Eventually she expanded her repertoire to story telling through out the city. Over the next fifteen years Joan wrote and edited a quarterly craft exchange magazine distributed by the city. She was also a fixture at workshops, holiday celebrations, summer festival and special events. Her daughters, Rebecca, Amanda and Elizabeth often attended the city’s special events. So the challenge at home was to create new stories that the girls had not heard before. Joan is now living in Lexington, KY with her husband and taking the time to write down some of the stories she has told so often.