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2017 Reading Log

Say Goodbye for Now, by Catherine Ryan Hyde (2 January)
Lord of the Privateers, by Stephanie Laurens (18 January)
A Minor Deception, by Nupur Tustin (20 January)
Sisters, One, Two, Three, by Nancy Star (30 January)
Unbound, by Steph Jagger (7 February)
Touch Justice – Countdown (Part 1 of 8), by Carla Cassidy (8 February)
The Mermaids of Lake Michigan, by Suzanne Kamata (16 February)
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Headlong Flight, by Dayton Ward (18 Feb)
The Year of Loving, by Traci L. Slatton (21 February)
The Orphan’s Tale, by Pam Jenoff (28 February)
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, by Jennifer Ryan (6 March)
Abby’s Journey, by Steena Holmes (14 March)
By the Wayside, by Anne Leigh Parrish (10 April)
The Widow’s House, by Carol Goodman (12 April)
Return to Glow, by Chandi Wyant (18 April)
The Hideaway, by Lauren K. Denton (26 April)
Signs and Seasons: An Astrology Cookbook, by Amy Zerner and Monte Farber (5 May)
Concepción and the Baby Brokers, by Deborah Clarman (9 May)
The Truth About Goodbye, by Russell Ricard (17 May)
The Beach House: Coming Home, by Georgia Bockoven (19 May)
The Adventures of Miss Vulpe, by Maria Elena Sandovici (27 May)
The View from the Cheap Seats, by Neil Gaiman (1 June)
Breakfast in Texas, by Terri Thompson-Anderson (5 June)

Flames of Winter

We fill our homes with candles that represent nothing more than a cozy glow, and we gather ’round our gas logs or Franklin stoves even when our houses are fitted with central heating systems, because there’s something – some magical thing – about fire that seems to drive away the stress and darkness of winter in a way that electric light never can.

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.

An Excerpt from “A MerChild’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,

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.

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 […]

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.