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TBM-2501.01 – Prayer for the Morning

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.

Jan 01, 2025•3 min

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

Mermaids know all about tides, but Christmastide is confusing.

Dec 29, 2024•5 min

TBM-2412.24 – DogFish Days of Advent – Sacrificial

The tree stood in the living room, centered in the arch of the window, its branches unadorned – naked.

Dec 25, 2024•7 min

TBM-2412.23 – Dogfish Days of Advent – Christmas Shards

Description: #audio #mermaidadvent #mermaidlore #dogdaysofpodcasting #dogdaysofadvent #dogfishdaysofadvent #humor #mermaidminute Excerpt: Mermaids don’t send Christmas cards because paper and saltwater do not mix well. Links and References Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting Guest Voices: N/A Support: The Bathtub Mermaid is now on Patreon! If you like the stories and essays I share, and want […]

Dec 24, 2024•3 min

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

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.

Dec 21, 2024•10 min

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

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 Links and References Learn about The Dog Days of Podcasting Guest Voices: N/A Support: The Bathtub Mermaid is now on […]

Dec 20, 2024•4 min

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

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.

Dec 18, 2024•5 min

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

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

Dec 17, 2024•4 min

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

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.

Dec 15, 2024•3 min

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

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

Dec 14, 2024•3 min

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