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Welcome to Waffle-Free Storytelling! Fireside, road trip, bedtime, anytime stories for all ages...mostly. Why "Mostly"? Although all the stories are family-friendly, some stories explore topics like death and the darker side of being human. But kids are pretty wild!! So, I bet they can handle it. Just keep PG in mind. The main thing is that this podcast is waffle-free. This means there's no jibber-jabber, no waffle, no rambling introduction, or debate on the impact of dinosaur pyjamas on a g ...
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! This story was written at a time when work was just a little too hectic for anyone's liking! Being so busy you can hardly take a breath isn't what we're on earth to experience. There are rewards that come with taking a moment. On that note...put your feet up and join me for a waffle-free moment. When…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! There are a few layers to this little tale. It could be about the bullies in the world. People who, for no reason at all, take pleasure in breaking things. Typically, they get away with it until you say no. When you say NO, the universe steps in and helps out. Or it's about the giants within that you…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Art is a tricky thing. You can't control what people think. Whether people like or don't like it. If you take opinions too personally, it won't end well. This story is about an artist who didn't take feedback well...and the person who made it right. It's a story about ego and peacemakers. It's about …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a little tale about being noticed, getting what you want, connection, and the origins of a few things we now take for granted. It's a wild and wonderful world, so put the kettle on, fill your mug, and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, feel free to enjoy the rest of the …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! This is a story about finding your own path and not expecting others to forge your path for you, especially if you don't know where you want to go! While I wrote and recorded this tale, I found this quote from Joseph Campbell: “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We all have visions and plans, wishes and desires for things we want and ways we want to be. But somehow, year after year, we look back on our lives only to get annoyed with ourselves because we still haven't got the thing we want. When I'm honest with myself, I have to accept it's because I haven't …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! I wrote this little story after weeks and weeks of saying, "I can't do that thing... I can't go to that place... I can't see that person... I've got too much work on." Enough was enough. It didn't make sense. Work was becoming an excuse not to be in the world! And that's how Bromenin and Korelli came…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! This is an odd little tale about how we came to compare ourselves. How random our measures are. How irrelevant the qualities are that often we value most. The impact can be devastating not only on an individual but on entire societies. But still... we do it. When the story is done, refill your mug an…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Humans are strange. On the one hand, we're convinced we're the greatest beings ever to walk the universe. On the other hand, we clearly know very little about anything! This Waffle-Free Story goes a little way to explaining why. When the story is done, refill your mug and enjoy a wander around https:…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! When we're angry, misunderstood, or frustrated with the world, we sometimes do things we regret. Occasionally, we're driven to make amends. Sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't. This is one such story. Take a moment. Forgive yourself for all the dumb things you've done. Put your feet up a…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We shape each other, and we are shaped by each other. We can't help it. We let ourselves be molded by those we love and loathe. Here's a story about the impact we have on others, and how to know if that impact is good, bad, or indifferent. When the story is over, put your feet up, and amble around ht…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We notice the noise-makers in the world. The people who call themselves leaders but are useless at best and downright criminal at worst. We all have "leaders" who come to mind when we think about it. The ones who really make the world go around often go unnoticed. We don't even notice when they've go…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story about life, death, and lost souls. In particular, it's a story about two sisters and what happened when they fell in love with the same man. It's a beautiful world. Take a moment for yourself. Put your feet up and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, go ahead and m…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story about owning your art. Remix, co-create, build, and originate...but make sure it's still yours! Hire out and delegate all you like...but make sure you keep your hand in. The only way to master your art is to make art. Fill your mug... put your feet up... and join me for a waffle-free m…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story about living, loving, and not wanting to miss a moment of life. It's about a promise that Dramidian made to his grandmother on her deathbed. I hope your week has been filled with adventures. Whatever happened, fill your mug with something delicious, and join me for a waffle-free moment…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! This is a story about war and the path we're taking to peace. We'll get there one day...maybe...hopefully. It's not a simple road. And we might not make it. In the meantime, put your feet up! It's been a wild week on Planet Earth, and you and I could do with a waffle-free moment. When the story is do…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story about Bowkitchie, the greatest warrior of all time. It's a tale about the stories that build us up, shape us, make us, and stay with us. Fill your mug... put your feet up... and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, go ahead and meander around https://tinakonstant.c…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! I love origin stories. They let you imagine just about anything. This one is all about our shadows, how they came to be, and what we are in relation to them. It's just an idea...but what if it were true? Fill your mug... put your feet up... and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! I think this is a story about generational knowledge and how our ancestors pass their history, their skills, and their stories to us through the ages. To you, the story might be something quite different. Either way... Fill your mug... put your feet up... and join me for a waffle-free moment. When th…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story about showing up, sitting down, and doing the work! Great work doesn't appear out of nowhere. The more you show up, the more surprising things happen. But you need to show up. Time to take a moment between all that wonderful work... fill your mug with something delicious... put your fe…
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How Chameleons (and Many Other Things) Came To Be
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! You know how origin stories go! This one is all about how chameleons (and many, many other things) came to be. Fill your mug... put your feet up... It's time for you and me to mellow into a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, go ahead and meander around https://tinakonstant.com/ for more waff…
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Welcome To Waffle-Free Storytelling! Here's a story about Elder Fiodi who lived to be 205 and finally decided it was time for a new adventure. It took three tries before she found exactly the right path. Hug the people you life...Fill your mug with something delicious... put your feet up... and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is do…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Wooohooo! Here's another story for the whole family... It's about Agnus, who has questions to ask. In this story, she finds out the best question to ask, how to find someone to ask it, and how to know the answer is true. Feet up!! Put the kettle on, chill back for a bit, and join me for this waffle-f…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We all carry baggage. We're human; we can't help it. This is a story about Ghibli. A very special baggage handler. A gentle, kinda odd little tale. Get comfy, put your feet up, and join me for this waffle-free moment. When the story is done, go ahead and meander around https://tinakonstant.com/ for m…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! There are any number of reasons to keep things. You keep things if you like them, if they're useful, if they're beautiful... You also keep stuff that holds memories. This story is all about that. Hug the people you love, then fill your mug with something delicious and join me for a waffle-free moment…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story to sit and listen to if there's conflict in your life...You might know someone who has fallen foul of this curse. Or maybe you have? Either way...Take a moment. Fill your mug with something delicious, and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, go ahead and meander ar…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We're all collectors in one way or another. Whether it's things or ideas, trinkets or stuff. That's all well and good, except when we think it's our duty to pass it on and our heirs' duty to accept it. Feet up!! Put the kettle on, chill back for a bit, and join me for this waffle-free moment. When th…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! There was a time when people accepted the way things were in the world and were happy with it. Then they wanted more. But that, they discovered, came with a price. We still pay that price today. Feet up!! Put the kettle on, chill back for a bit, and join me for this waffle-free moment. When the story…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Sometimes, when the thing you’re trying to do is hard, difficult, or downright impossible, help can come from the place you least expect it. You just need to see it for what it is. Take a moment, fill your mug with something delicious, sit back, put your feet up... and join me for a waffle-free momen…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! There’s a path we all must take at some point. How we find it and how willing we are to step on it is something we’ll never know until the time comes. This is Kumanchi’s way. Take a breather from the day, put your feet up... fill your mug with something delicious, and join me for a waffle-free moment…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We always imagine we’re strangers to a place when we arrive there for the very first time. This isn’t always the case! This story… is about a woman in a purple hat. Put your feet up... fill your mug with something delicious, and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, go ahead and w…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Sometimes we have to look in the mirror and say it like it is. This story, for instance, isn’t really about two brothers. We might like to think it is because that makes us look better. But really, it’s not. Put your feet up... fill your mug with something delicious, and join me for a waffle-free mom…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Stories always have an origin. Most of the time, that story gets it wrong, but it doesn’t stop us from telling it over and over. We might think this story is about how rainbows came to be… but it’s not. It’s another crazy day on Planet Earth, so put your feet up... fill your mug with something delici…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Progress isn't always a good thing! This is Old Lady Molmani's story. It's about what happens when people get greedy, when things change too fast, and when the people who form the foundation of society are disregarded. A cautionary tale, if you like... read into it what you will :) Put your feet up..…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! As humans (and butterflies), it's the struggle that makes us strong. If we are saved and rescued, lifted and carried, we will never grow or know our own power. This is also a story about cause and effect... in a weird Waffle-Free way. It's time to take a breath. Put the kettle on... top up your mug..…
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The Eternal Battle Between Ashwa and the Giant, Ocho
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! This story explains so many things you might not have known. Like the origins of the first spider, spider webs, and why we have earthquakes. All that "history" - waffle-free style - in one story :-D So, kettle on... Feet up... and join me. When the story is done, feel free to meander around https://t…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! The rumours are true! There was a time when we were immortal. This is a Waffle-Free story about how mortality came to be. Put the kettle on... top up your mug... put your feet up, and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, feel free to meander around https://tinakonstant.com/ for m…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's an odd and random story inspired by a tale told by the amazing storyteller, Dorian Haarhoff. It's about not taking what people say or think of you too seriously. It's about learning that the more weight you give an insult to your person, the more you're likely to get! On that note... put the k…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! This is part 2 of the story about how Hades tricked Zeus out of his first batch of humans. This is Zibidie's repentance for the part he played, and hopefully, Hades doesn't come out of it as well as he did in Part 1: Why We Hug Trees. Kettle on... Mug topped up... Feet up... Join me for a mellow waff…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Here's a story where the bad guy gets away with it! It also explains why we love trees so much, why rustling leaves sound like whispers, and why forests are always so full of life. Part 2 of the story explains why we have Christmas trees!! It's called "How Christmas Trees Came To Be". It's Zibidie's …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Life is to be fully and well-lived. Sometimes, though, we look at the time we've spent on earth, and we don't like what we see. This is a story about life, death, and living well in between. Fill your mug with something warm, take some time for yourself, put your feet up, and join me for a waffle-fre…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! I love an origin story!! Your imagination can go just about anywhere. Up to now, most Waffle-Free origin stories have been about the big things: time, humans, the world... This story is on a slightly smaller scale :-) It's also episode #100 on Waffle-Free Storytelling (woohoo!) Fill your mug with som…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! As we get closer to Christmas and all the gatherings that go with it, it's easy to get lost in the shine, noise and expectations of these homecomings and forget why they're really happening... ...We don't need pyramids of packages to say we love each other. Put your feet up, warm your heart, hug the …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! We miss out on a lot by not looking beyond what we immediately see. Whether it's a beautiful garden or a human being. Fill your mug with something delicious, put your feet up, and join me for a waffle-free moment. When the story is done, feel free to meander around https://tinakonstant.com/ for more …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Mother Nature plans for the future and always wins in the end. This origin story is all about why we can't see (and often can't imagine) "life out there". It's why we keep asking questions like: "Is there intelligent life out there?" "How infinite is space?" "Are we alone in the universe?" There's a …
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GUEST: A great chat with Natasha Houseman about the Houseman Family Tree
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free FAMILY Stories! In this show, I talk to Natasha Houseman who is digging into, uncovering and exploring her family tree. We talk about her grandmother's role in getting her hooked on family trees, how she's giving life to the women in her story, the horrible accident that led to one child shooting another, and right at the…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Sometimes, our very best intentions are the worst we can do. But still, we do what we do because that's what we think we're supposed to do. Know what I mean? Your past, your history, your traditions will take you only so far... all the other steps are up to you. This story is about letting go of all …
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! "It's not my fault; it's in my blood" isn't always the best excuse. This is the story of what happened to Grubin Miles. It wasn't his fault either... it was in his blood. Fill your mug with something delicious, put your feet up, and welcome to Grubin's world. When the story is done, feel free to mean…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Nothing in the world happens in isolation. Everything we do is driven by something. That "something" could be an outside or an inside force. Whatever it is, we always have a reason for the actions we take, and those reasons always make sense to us. "Because of you" is a story about all that... Hug th…
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Welcome To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast! Wild things happen here... you know that... Sometimes, the stories are a little odder than usual. "Two Cups" is one such story. Fill your mug with something delicious, put your feet up, then open your imagination and take a peek into parallel worlds. When the story is done, feel free to meander aroun…
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