Teresa Tumminello Brader
@ttbrader.bsky.social
Reader; tea adept; New Orleanian🖤⚜️ writer: LETTING IN AIR & LIGHT https://bellepointpress.com/products/letting-in-air-and-light; SECRET KEEPERS https://bellepointpress.com/products/secret-keepers Find the homes of my other words at https://teresabrader.com
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The arrival of SECRET KEEPERS, my second book (from @bellepointpress.bsky.social) and first short-story collection.
I never dreamed I'd have one book, much less two. Thank you to all its readers, past, present, and future. 💚💙📚
I never dreamed I'd have one book, much less two. Thank you to all its readers, past, present, and future. 💚💙📚
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
Quick informal short stories BOGO sale: right now through 12/31 (or until we run out) if you order any of our in-stock story collections (Boxcutters, Sleep Decades, or First Aid for Choking Victims) we’ll throw in an extra story collection.
malarkeybooks.com/store
malarkeybooks.com/store
Bookstore — Malarkey
You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.
malarkeybooks.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Quick informal short stories BOGO sale: right now through 12/31 (or until we run out) if you order any of our in-stock story collections (Boxcutters, Sleep Decades, or First Aid for Choking Victims) we’ll throw in an extra story collection.
malarkeybooks.com/store
malarkeybooks.com/store
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
Helllooooo! Does anyone actually read this app?
I have poetry, fiction, & memoir recommendations for your book lover gifting. Support independent press!
I have poetry, fiction, & memoir recommendations for your book lover gifting. Support independent press!
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Helllooooo! Does anyone actually read this app?
I have poetry, fiction, & memoir recommendations for your book lover gifting. Support independent press!
I have poetry, fiction, & memoir recommendations for your book lover gifting. Support independent press!
Blessed by cardinals this afternoon
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Blessed by cardinals this afternoon
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
Oh yeah the other day I saw a tri-colored heron and a limpkin hanging out together at one section of the bayou and then later that same day someone posted a pic of the same two guys at a nearby lake! I think they're friends! Fishing buddies!
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh yeah the other day I saw a tri-colored heron and a limpkin hanging out together at one section of the bayou and then later that same day someone posted a pic of the same two guys at a nearby lake! I think they're friends! Fishing buddies!
If people don't want to read, they won't. But to sell this kind of unauthorized so-called companion is unconscionable. So infuriating.
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If people don't want to read, they won't. But to sell this kind of unauthorized so-called companion is unconscionable. So infuriating.
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
A reminder from Charles Olson, who was born on this day in 1910
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A reminder from Charles Olson, who was born on this day in 1910
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
I like it when the art and the artist are both awful, so you don't have to waste your energy trying to seperate them.
December 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I like it when the art and the artist are both awful, so you don't have to waste your energy trying to seperate them.
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
9 days away from Stanchion Magazine's next 24-hour sub window!
My favorite track 9 right now is "Be Sweet" from Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver. The lyric, "Why can't I be what you see in me," breaks my heart every damn time.
I can't wait to hear your writing sing on Jan 5.
My favorite track 9 right now is "Be Sweet" from Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver. The lyric, "Why can't I be what you see in me," breaks my heart every damn time.
I can't wait to hear your writing sing on Jan 5.
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
9 days away from Stanchion Magazine's next 24-hour sub window!
My favorite track 9 right now is "Be Sweet" from Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver. The lyric, "Why can't I be what you see in me," breaks my heart every damn time.
I can't wait to hear your writing sing on Jan 5.
My favorite track 9 right now is "Be Sweet" from Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver. The lyric, "Why can't I be what you see in me," breaks my heart every damn time.
I can't wait to hear your writing sing on Jan 5.
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
Want to help a small press and get some good reading material? $5 for the Malarkey digital sampler!
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Malarkey Forever — Malarkey
Malarkey Forever includes writing from sixteen Malarkey authors, including new short stories, excerpts from books, and an interview between Donald Ryan and Don Bronco. It’s 33,000 words of Malarkey. ...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Want to help a small press and get some good reading material? $5 for the Malarkey digital sampler!
malarkeybooks.com/ebooks/malar...
malarkeybooks.com/ebooks/malar...
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, beat on, boat against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
Elf on a shelf? More like owl on the prowl
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Elf on a shelf? More like owl on the prowl
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
they’re bluffing when they say you can still get knocked off the nice list this late in the game. santa’s been delivering gifts in japan for hours by now; that list is locked, do whatever you want.
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
they’re bluffing when they say you can still get knocked off the nice list this late in the game. santa’s been delivering gifts in japan for hours by now; that list is locked, do whatever you want.
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
Arthur Rackham's illustration for the 1915 edition of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' sees Scrooge visited by the ghost of his former business partner Marley, who wanders the earth shackled by chains and cashboxes after his lifetime of greed.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Arthur Rackham's illustration for the 1915 edition of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' sees Scrooge visited by the ghost of his former business partner Marley, who wanders the earth shackled by chains and cashboxes after his lifetime of greed.
Reposted by Teresa Tumminello Brader
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December 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Day 12 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
A Very Mario Lopez Christmas by Megan Giddings
I'm not a consumer/fan of the stories/movies (Hallmark channel?) this story is parodying, yet it was still entertaining.
A Very Mario Lopez Christmas by Megan Giddings
I'm not a consumer/fan of the stories/movies (Hallmark channel?) this story is parodying, yet it was still entertaining.
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Day 12 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
A Very Mario Lopez Christmas by Megan Giddings
I'm not a consumer/fan of the stories/movies (Hallmark channel?) this story is parodying, yet it was still entertaining.
A Very Mario Lopez Christmas by Megan Giddings
I'm not a consumer/fan of the stories/movies (Hallmark channel?) this story is parodying, yet it was still entertaining.
Day 23 #AdagioTeas2025
pomegranate green
I enjoyed two good steeps with this blend. I only wish I'd thought to use my pomegranate tree for a photo op.
pomegranate green
I enjoyed two good steeps with this blend. I only wish I'd thought to use my pomegranate tree for a photo op.
December 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Day 23 #AdagioTeas2025
pomegranate green
I enjoyed two good steeps with this blend. I only wish I'd thought to use my pomegranate tree for a photo op.
pomegranate green
I enjoyed two good steeps with this blend. I only wish I'd thought to use my pomegranate tree for a photo op.
Day 11 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
When You Were Here by Claire Lombardo
(I mentioned one of the grandsons with yesterday's story; today's story could be of another, his brother.)
When You Were Here by Claire Lombardo
(I mentioned one of the grandsons with yesterday's story; today's story could be of another, his brother.)
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Day 11 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
When You Were Here by Claire Lombardo
(I mentioned one of the grandsons with yesterday's story; today's story could be of another, his brother.)
When You Were Here by Claire Lombardo
(I mentioned one of the grandsons with yesterday's story; today's story could be of another, his brother.)
Day 10 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
A Nativity Scene by Rion Amilcar Scott
"...when there is no other option, the courage will be there to cut through the revulsion, the fear or any other barrier..."
(This story could be the birth of one of the grandsons, excepting that he was born before EMS arrived.)
A Nativity Scene by Rion Amilcar Scott
"...when there is no other option, the courage will be there to cut through the revulsion, the fear or any other barrier..."
(This story could be the birth of one of the grandsons, excepting that he was born before EMS arrived.)
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Day 10 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
A Nativity Scene by Rion Amilcar Scott
"...when there is no other option, the courage will be there to cut through the revulsion, the fear or any other barrier..."
(This story could be the birth of one of the grandsons, excepting that he was born before EMS arrived.)
A Nativity Scene by Rion Amilcar Scott
"...when there is no other option, the courage will be there to cut through the revulsion, the fear or any other barrier..."
(This story could be the birth of one of the grandsons, excepting that he was born before EMS arrived.)
Day 9 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
The Rent-Controlled Ghost by Lee Conell
The start of emotional healing comes from unexpected places.
The Rent-Controlled Ghost by Lee Conell
The start of emotional healing comes from unexpected places.
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Day 9 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
The Rent-Controlled Ghost by Lee Conell
The start of emotional healing comes from unexpected places.
The Rent-Controlled Ghost by Lee Conell
The start of emotional healing comes from unexpected places.
Day 21 #AdagioTeas2025
Don't tell @mkcanuck.bsky.social but I brewed this in a cup😂 @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social , I drank it before I read that it contained peppermint😱 I don't typically care for mate but this combo was good. The mate aftertaste I don't care for was revealed during the 3rd steep.
Don't tell @mkcanuck.bsky.social but I brewed this in a cup😂 @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social , I drank it before I read that it contained peppermint😱 I don't typically care for mate but this combo was good. The mate aftertaste I don't care for was revealed during the 3rd steep.
December 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Day 21 #AdagioTeas2025
Don't tell @mkcanuck.bsky.social but I brewed this in a cup😂 @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social , I drank it before I read that it contained peppermint😱 I don't typically care for mate but this combo was good. The mate aftertaste I don't care for was revealed during the 3rd steep.
Don't tell @mkcanuck.bsky.social but I brewed this in a cup😂 @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social , I drank it before I read that it contained peppermint😱 I don't typically care for mate but this combo was good. The mate aftertaste I don't care for was revealed during the 3rd steep.
Day 20 #AdagioTeas
puerh coffee
No picture, or tasting, because, almost immediately, I gave it away.
Ingredients: pu-erh tea, monobamba washed whole bean, coffee flavor & natural vanilla flavor
puerh coffee
No picture, or tasting, because, almost immediately, I gave it away.
Ingredients: pu-erh tea, monobamba washed whole bean, coffee flavor & natural vanilla flavor
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Day 20 #AdagioTeas
puerh coffee
No picture, or tasting, because, almost immediately, I gave it away.
Ingredients: pu-erh tea, monobamba washed whole bean, coffee flavor & natural vanilla flavor
puerh coffee
No picture, or tasting, because, almost immediately, I gave it away.
Ingredients: pu-erh tea, monobamba washed whole bean, coffee flavor & natural vanilla flavor
Day 8 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
The Old Ways by Silas House
"He's never liked to see anyone else embarrassed; it always makes him feel embarrassed, too."
The Old Ways by Silas House
"He's never liked to see anyone else embarrassed; it always makes him feel embarrassed, too."
December 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Day 8 #12DoS2025 #ssac2025
The Old Ways by Silas House
"He's never liked to see anyone else embarrassed; it always makes him feel embarrassed, too."
The Old Ways by Silas House
"He's never liked to see anyone else embarrassed; it always makes him feel embarrassed, too."
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182 years ago today.
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a s̵p̵o̵t̵ blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a s̵p̵o̵t̵ blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
182 years ago today.
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a s̵p̵o̵t̵ blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a s̵p̵o̵t̵ blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
Day 19 #AdagioTeas2025
ginseng green
This was nice. I'm thinking the fewer ingredients the better for me.
(The second steep was a bit bitter, but I may have used too hot of water and/or steeped it too long.)
ginseng green
This was nice. I'm thinking the fewer ingredients the better for me.
(The second steep was a bit bitter, but I may have used too hot of water and/or steeped it too long.)
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Day 19 #AdagioTeas2025
ginseng green
This was nice. I'm thinking the fewer ingredients the better for me.
(The second steep was a bit bitter, but I may have used too hot of water and/or steeped it too long.)
ginseng green
This was nice. I'm thinking the fewer ingredients the better for me.
(The second steep was a bit bitter, but I may have used too hot of water and/or steeped it too long.)