Our six year old son Joshua is nicknamed a 'Katrina baby.' This name is common among people in the region who had children around the period of the storm. He was born December 21, 2005, four months after we were forced to leave New Orleans. Fast forward to several subsequent moves which eventually landed us in Lafayette, Louisiana. Travels around the nation including North Carolina, New York and California have sparked his wonderful imagination. In 2011 we attended a county fair where Josh won a stuffed animal dragon by tossing an impossibly small ring over the neck of a Coca Cola bottle. This victory prompted him to make up the story of Griffin the Dragon and the Jump House. He is a first grade student at AES gators in Lafayette, La. They are excited about this second project., Griffin the Dragon and the Game of Chess for Kids

Ken Mask is a board certified physician living and practicing medicine in Louisiana. The former LSU Medical Center Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology has written for medical journals as well as popular magazines.