1630 CC ...for years we've felt Ione's subterranean murmurs, upset that her people turned away from her. 1643 CC ...offerings to Ione still go unanswered. Regardless, people have grown accustomed to the occasional tremor. I have even heard of parents in the surrounds hastening their children to bed under the threat that they might wake her. 1660 CC I start my 30th year as the keeper of this journal, and I will now risk everything by saying that after my own research, I do not believe Ione has been speaking to us. These tremors could well have a different origin...