Syrendelina by Joey Tan

Once upon a time there was a fairy and her name was Syrendelina. Like all fairies she was kind, sweet, and caring. She was from a magical land called Fairiedell. Fairiedell is a wonderful and pretty place where all sorts of fairies live, who are also called fairydell. There are water fairies, garden fairies, animal fairies, light fairies, and earth fairies. Syrendelina is a garden fairy. She and other garden fairies care for plants.

One day, Fairiedell turned gray and everything and everyone got droopy and sad. Syrendelina and all of the other fairies didn’t know what to do.

Then……… Swooosh Swiiiisssshhhhh! Fairy dust flew everywhere! Everyone gasped. Then the fairies looked closer and saw the fairy godmother of Fairiedell floating in front of them! Everyone smiled. Syrendelina tried to fly over to her but couldn’t. Syrendelina asked, “Fairy Godmother, what is happening?!”

“Don’t fear my darling,” the fairy godmother said in a gentle tone, “I am here to fix Fairiedell’s magic,” she explained. Then, she flew up and twirled in the gray sky! Fairy dust flew everywhere! All of the fairies danced in glee.

“Fairiedell is magical again!” said all the fairies. Syrendelina smiled as the fairy godmother fluttered off. “Thank you," she called up towards the beautiful sky at the fairy godmother. “Thanks a lot!”

The End

Syrendell Blogtale #1

Written by Joey Tan, 9 years old

Artwork by Rick Tan, older than Joey

The Origin of Syrendell the Name

Picture from Domingo Springs, Chester, CA.

In our never-ending quest for purpose and passion, Jennifer and I were brainstorming on ideas for life paths where we could share with others all the wonderful things we believe make lives so amazing and fulfilling and empowering. It would be awesome, we felt, to create a place, surrounded by nature, with structures designed to be sustainable, chic, modern, and welcoming, for kindred spirits to meet and learn and be inspired through art, music, crafts, wellness. This spiritual place had to have a name that would reflect this almost Utopian ideal. It was a combination of the words synergy, serendipity, synchronicity, and serene, with dell, a valley, or dale. At the time we created the name, almost two years ago, I thought of the song "farmer in the dell," and imagined how fun it would be to use that as sort of a catchphrase where we would host "fiber artists in the dell," or music in the dell," or homeschoolers in the dell." Syrendell was born.



Perhaps J.R.R. Tolkien imagined a similar utopia when he named the elven stronghold Rivendell or even the warm and fuzzy village of the Shire - no conscious relation to those two fictional places.



When the time is right, when resources are in sync, maybe Syrendell, the wellness center, will come to fruition. For now, we're happy with Syrendell, the homeschool place, the blog site, and the shop. Thanks for following our blogs. Soon to come: Syrendell blogtales!