Portugal Language: History and Modern Day
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Did you know with approximately 260 million native speakers and 35 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 300 million total speakers worldwide? How is it that the Portuguese language is such a worldwide language, given Portugal's size? Did you know with approximately 260 million native speakers and 35 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 300 million total speakers worldwide? How is it that the Portuguese language is such a worldwide language, given Portugal's size? Who were the Portuguese explorers during the Age of Discovery? Listen to this...
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Interview with Marla McDaniel, Amelia Island Writers
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This is a rerelease of the original podcast recorded on February 3, 2002, to celebrate Marla McDaniel's dedication to the Amelia Island Writers. She is retiring and starting a new chapter in her life in Florida. We thank her and wish her well! Marla grew up between homes in south Florida and an Indiana family farm. She enjoys small towns, country roads, islands, antiques, and history. Amelia Island contains, within its small area, the qualities she and her family enjoy as their residence. Appreciation of historical sites led her to efforts in the preservation of old...
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A Writer's Life: A Setting Surprise
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With my current thriller manuscript ("Claim Denied") in the hands of beta readers, I had time to think about writing another book: a sequel, a thriller set in a small town with fascinating, quirky characters. When I looked back to a community on the Eastern Shore of Virginia I visited a few times in early 2000, I came upon a startling, sweet surprise!
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Travel Bug, Marketa and Milly
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Diann Schindler, , takes us back to her 3rd grade geography class in Hamilton, Ohio, when her first thought of travelling outside the United States burst forth, infiltrating her head and her heart. She was nine years old. But, it wasn't until decades later that she truly acted on that notion, with full conviction, and came to understand that travelling is all about the people...meeting people from all walks of life and lands. Making connections is the true essence of broadening horizons, tolerance, understanding, and love. Diann tells us about two women she met: Marketa in and Milly in Fez,...
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Frustrations and Joys: My Portugal
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This is my first podcast of 2022! Why? You'll just have to listen. Meanwhile, here is the supporting information. Here I am in Cascais, PT... my 40 minutes trek once a week from my apartment in Monte Estoril. Below, pics of the Men's International Tennis Tournament. The Estoril Open. That's Gasquet serving. Great day! Dinner on the ocean with Cidalia and Nelia in Cascais. Below is a photo of my last book, "Claim Denied" published last year. To get your copy, click . I talk about the challenges of writing the sequel, "The Secrets of Selby" (working title) in this...
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Meditation, Madeira/Monte Estoril and My Need to Nest
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From her new home in Portugal and her last podcast for 2021, Diann Schindler focuses on mind improving meditation; moving from Madeira Island to Monte Estoril; and after 6 years as a solo nomad, her need to find a permanent home - where she can return to after traveling.
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Madeira, Machico, Moby Dick and More!
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DiannAbroad reports on her first 2 weeks as a Portuguese resident, starting with Madeira Island. She also discusses Machico and how it got its name in 1419, the filming of the 1956 "Moby Dick" movie off the shores of Madeira, and the adjustments to living in a new culture.
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"Wives Who Kill" True Crime Story - Interview Dr. K. Walters
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True Crime Story: Sophie and Hannah: Two women with different backgrounds, different circumstances, and different mindsets. Yet, both are wanted for murder. What made them do it? Court-appointed forensic psychologist, Dr. Rosie Klein, untangles the web of circumstances surrounding each act of violence, and more
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Writer's Block and What To Do About It.
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DiannAbroad explains writers' block is real, and it came at her with a vengeance, cloaked in what she was celebratory excitement just when I released my thriller novel to beta readers. . This podcast lays out her strategies to address my personal variety of writer’s block.
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Thriller "Claim Denied": A Reading.
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Schindler's latest book, "Claim Denied," is an electrifying international cyber-espionage thriller. It emerged from her experiences as a higher educational consultant at an American University in Kosovo.
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Writers' block is real, and it came at me with a vengeance, cloaked in what I thought was celebratory excitement at the point I released my thriller novel manuscript to beta readers. When I mustered the courage to face the truth, paralysis was poised to take control. I had to change my thoughts, my emotions, my mind. Listen to my strategies to address a personal variety of writer’s block.
My next novel, a thriller entitled "Claim Denied" is coming soon. Email me at [email protected] for an advanced copy and/or for launching information.
"The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron (Three morning pages.) Note, I reference writing three morning pages but, to be clear, I didn't include it as a strategy for improving tennis ... only for addressing my writer's block.
"Short Tarot-Centered Meditation for Artists to Overcome Writing Fear" by Thea Fiore-Bloom (Scroll down to the middle of the page to find this meditation.)
"The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield.
Intro and outgo music: "The Amelia Island Sun" by Rafael Javadov
Interlude music: "Headache" by Dream Machine
Thank you for listening. [email protected]