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On the First Day of Holidailies (2012)
If there were a way I could blog from my bathtub – while it’s actually full of lovely hot water and bubbles and surrounded by glowing scented candles – I totally would. Instead, it’s 1:30 in the...
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Post-Christmas Pajama Day Blues
Sometimes, I have pajama days. Often on those days, I never bother to get dressed in “real” clothes, but because I work from home, I still get stuff done. Other times, I turn everything off, and don’t...
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Her Name is Jane
The Dog Days of Podcasting challenge began on Thursday. This is the text of my first episode, which you can hear at The BathtubMermaid Her Name is Jane We took her home on Tuesday evening, after a...
View ArticleDDoP: Pictophone
Originally written: June, 2008 Inspiration word: Pictophone Inspired by: Clay Robeson Random sentences inspiring even more random drawings, which lead to other sentences, or just the connection between...
View ArticleDDoP: Fairy Dust
Originally Written: June, 2008 Inspiration Word: fairy dust (I think) Inspired By: Becca Rowan She stopped in the village square, intrigued by the array of market stalls, all offering things never seen...
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Welcome Autumn
Autumn has always been my favorite season, and even though it doesn’t technically begin until tomorrow night, I wrote about it for Sunday Brunch over at All Things Girl this week. You can read it...
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I slept badly last night – was having a pre-migraine aura, and then just couldn’t get comfortable, and ended up waking stiff and sore and with a raging headache. Never fun. Caffeine didn’t help,...
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It’s that time…
It’s that time again. That time of year when I join the insanity known as The Dog Days of Podcasting, and commit to doing a podcast a day for thirty consecutive days. This year’s project began on...
View ArticleAudio: The Bathtub Mermaid on Crayons
I climbed the stairs to my studio to record lines for an audio drama, and ended up working on a podcast as well. Actually, first I recorded new opening and closing bits for my podcast so I finally have...
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Never Let Your Bath Water Get Too Cold
Every Saturday night, once the days are cool enough and the sky gets dark early enough, I have an appointment with my bathtub. I light candles, use scented bubbles, bring a glass of tea, or wine, or...
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Buy this Book: The Bathtub Mermaid: Tales From The (Holiday) Tub
File this under shameless self promotion. I haven’t posted an entry here in two days, because I’ve been busy editing my book. MY BOOK I’ve been part of Holidailies for over a decade now (this is my...
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Thoughts from the Bath
Copyright: Lansera / 123RF Stock Photo My usual Saturday evening ritual, at least in cool weather, is to soak in the tub while listening to Selected Shorts on NPR. (I know. I live a wild life.) I use...
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Fool’s Gold
We weren’t supposed to ride our bikes out to the reservoir. Certainly, we weren’t supposed to play on its rocky shore, but it was 1977 or 78 and we were innocent – the world was innocent – or at...
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Five Things…
I haven’t used my blog as an actual journal in a few years, mainly because I’ve been writing a monthly column in the e-zine Modern Creative Life for three years and was doing something similar for the...
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Counting Down
I’m participating, this year, in three simultaneous daily projects related to the holiday season. On Twitter, I’m doing #MusicAdvent, which involves sharing a youtube music video every day for the...
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