The night may be long and the dark may be deep, but the answers are there to be found.

Whether it's the normal, the abnormal, or the paranormal, you're in the right place.

Let's go beyond reality.

Good to see everybody here as people filing with the chat rooms and say hello.

I've been trying to keep up and say hello to everyone as well.

Anxious to get tonight started. It's been a little while since we've been able to do a live

program, so I appreciate everyone's patience. But you know the schedule. You know what's been going

on. And I apologize for being unavailable a little bit. But hey, we're back and we're going to

have a great show tonight. I'm really looking forward to this. We're going to be talking about a book tonight.

The title of the book is How to Become a Mermaid, embodying the elemental energy of water.

The author is Illyria Swan. We're going to talk to her tonight about this book and her work

and her life. Hey, it's JV here.

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