Category Archives: DDOP Advent

Fish Nets

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

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Fish Nets

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

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

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#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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  • 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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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

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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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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.

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  • 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

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

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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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  • 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

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

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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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  • 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: 2:51 — 3.6MB)

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

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#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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  • 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: 3:08 — 3.5MB)

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TBM-2312.24 – Mermaid Minute – A Visit from Old Sandy Klaws

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#audio. #mermaidminute #humor #parody #christmas Me-Me del Mare shares the famous mermaid poem “A Visit from Old Sandy Klaws”

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Still, I heard him exclaim as his bubble trail died…
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a Good Tide!”

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  • 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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Dear Santa 2023

TBM-2312.23 – Dear Santa… (2023)

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Dear Santa 2023

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#audio #christmas #dearsanta #open letter

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That’s it for now, Santa. Give my love to Ms. Claus, and scritch Blitzen behind the left antler for me. You know that’s her favorite spot.

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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.

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  • 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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TBM-2312.21- Mermaid Minute – Frosty the Narwhal

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#audio. #parody #humor #mermaidminute #christmas #frostythenarwhal

Excerpt:

Frosty the Narwhal
Wore his spiral tusk with pride
And he spent his days
Cruising through the waves
Of the ice cold arctic tides.

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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.

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  • 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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Sandy Klaws

TBM-2312.18 – Yes, Marina There IS a Sandy Klaws

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Sandy Klaws

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#audio. #parody #humor #essay #withapologiestoFrankChurch

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Yes, Marina, there is a Sandy Klaws. He exists as certainly as the tidepools, ocean currents and kelp forests exist, and you know that they abound to help sustain the lives of you and your family, as well as providing beauty and joy.

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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: 4:25 — 4.7MB)