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Prayer for the Morning

TBM-2501.01 – Prayer for the Morning

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Prayer for the Morning

 

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#audio #talesfromthetub #socialjustice #AudetteFulbrightFulson #WomenofDDOP #WomenofDogDaysofPodcasting #collaborativereading

Excerpt:

Today marks the advent of the new year – 2025. Much of the world is on edge as we wait for what might happen, and hope for the best.

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Guest Voices:

Amelia Bowen
Charlotte Kennedy
JS Diehl
Nuchtchas

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.
  • Special production assistance by Clay Robeson

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:03 — 3.4MB)

TBM-2412.28 – Dogfish Days of Advent – Mermaid Minute: ChristmasTide

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Riptide

 

Description:

#audio #mermaidminute #holiday #humor  #mermaidlore

Excerpt:

Mermaids know all about tides, but Christmastide is confusing.

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:22 — 5.8MB)

Cardinal Sacrifice

TBM-2412.24 – DogFish Days of Advent – Sacrificial

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Cardinal Sacrifice

Description:

#audio #flashfiction #christmas #christmastree #ornaments #spooky

Excerpt:

Mermaids don’t send Christmas cards because paper and saltwater do not mix well.

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:14 — 7.5MB)

Mermaid Minute

TBM-2412.23 – Dogfish Days of Advent – Christmas Shards

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Advent_Mermaid_by_Nutty

Description:

#audio #mermaidadvent #mermaidlore  #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent #humor #mermaidminute

Excerpt:

Mermaids don’t send Christmas cards because paper and saltwater do not mix well.

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:14 — 3.5MB)

Fish Nets

TBM-2412.20 – Dogfish Days of Advent – The Gift of the Mergi

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Fish Nets

Description:

#audio #shorfiction #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent #mermaidadvent #mermaidlore

Excerpt:

A handful of pearls. That was all Nerissa had. Oh, she’d grown up in Poseidon’s Grotto, with abalone combs and aquamarine and moonstone gems, but when she’d left the great ocean to marry a land-walker, she’d forfeit her jewels and pirate’s treasure hoards and kept only the handful of her nameday pearls.

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:35 — 10.3MB)

TBM-2412.19 – Dogfish Days of Advent – We Mermen of Ocean Are

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Advent_Mermaid_by_Nutty

 

 

Description:

#audio #mermaidadvent #mermaidcarols  #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

We  mermen of deep ocean are,

Bearing gifts, we swim  from afar

Through coves and eddies,

Past rock jetties

We follow the great sea star

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:40 — 3.9MB)

Winter Flame

TBM-2412.17 – Dogfish Days of Advent: Flames of Winter

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Winter Flame

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#audio #essay   #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

And yet, these winter holidays all have something in common as well – aside from the tendency to celebrate with incredibly delicious, albeit unhealthy foods. They all bring light to the longest nights of the year.

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:33 — 4.7MB)

Sandy Klaws

TBM-2412.16 – Dogfish Days of Advent: Sandy Klaws Is Coming To Town

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Sandy Klaws

Description:

#audio #parody #mermaidadvent #mermaidlcarols   #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

Oh, you better not splash, you better not wail.
Better keep flippin’ that shimmering tail.
Sandy Klaws is comin’ to town.

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Guest Voices:

N/A

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:31 — 3.6MB)

Merchild Christmas with Whales

TBM-2412.14-Dogfish Days of Advent: – Excerpt from A Mer-Child’s Christmas With Whales

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Merchild Christmas with Whales

Description:

#audio #pastiche #mermaidadvent #mermaidlore #dylanthomas  #dogdaysofpodcasting  #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

And on solstice mornings, with landwalker-entrancing song and candy darters, they would send me out to play and I would glide through the swaying kelp searching for news of the Seven Seas, and always find a barnacle-crusted whale by the deep trench or perhaps a clownfish with its colors dimmed by the colder water.

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Guest Voices:

Mark, the Encaffeinated One

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:51 — 3.6MB)

TBM-2412.13 – Dogfish Days of Advent: In the Deep Blue Ocean

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Advent_Mermaid_by_Nutty

Description:

#audio #flashfiction #flashfic  #dogdaysofpodcasting #mermaidcarols #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent

Excerpt:

In the deep blue ocean, far beneath the tide,
Cold and shadowed waters, secrets there abide.

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Guest Voices:

N/A/

Support:

The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want to have occasional visits from Me-Me del Mare, please consider subscribing.

Credits:

  • The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub is written and produced by Melissa A. Bartell, and is recorded and produced using the Auphonic iPhone app and Audacity.
  • Bathtub Mermaid album art was created by Rebecca Moran of Moran Media
  • Sound Effects are from Freesound.

Contact:

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:08 — 3.5MB)