This morning at breakfast, Chris read us an email about his friend's new daughter being born. "Her name is Arielle," he told us. "You mean like the mermaid??" Julia said, shocked. Although I hastened to explain that the name Arielle has been around a lot longer than the mermaid, sadly I am sure that there are many little Ariels, Jasmines, Belles and Mulans in the world.  I played Dean Friedman's Ariel for her, to prove my point, and later played it several times in a row, just to enjoy it.