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, giv...
Sep 19, 2024•26 min•Season 6Ep. 1
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. Apprec...
Jul 20, 2023•17 min•Season 6Ep. 3
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 at a community on the Eastern Shore of Virginia I visited a few times in early 2000, I came upon a startling, sweet surprise! I dug deeper! It was clear: I had to write this novel! I joined J. Thorn's 5-day challenge using his "Three Story Method" , outlined the entire st...
Jan 17, 2023•17 min
Diann Schindler, DiannAbroad , 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 horiz...
May 18, 2022•20 min•Season 6Ep. 3
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 HERE . I talk about the challen...
May 02, 2022•23 min•Season 2022Ep. 1
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 after traveling. Deepak Chopra's 21 Days of Abundance meditation podcasts. Me on the northeast coast of Madeira Island. Monte Estoril, the Monte Carlo of Portugal - my new community, near Lisbon, on the Iberian Peninsula. My books: " Claim Denied "...
Dec 27, 2021•23 min
Diann reports on her first 2 weeks as a resident of Portugal. Starting with Madeira Island, she discusses the village of Machico and how it got its name in 1419, the filming of the 1956 "Moby Dick" movie off the shores of northeastern Madeira Island, and the challenging adjustments to living in a new culture. Madeira Island Machico Church - listen to those bells! Machico Beach: Whalers of Madeira. Museu da Baleia Streets surfaces on Madeira that Diann discussed: My first apartment in Canico. "Cl...
Aug 24, 2021•21 min•Ep. 1
Dr. Phyllis Kuehnl Walters, aka Dr. K Walters, s is a retired clinical/forensic psychologist from Ohio. She was in private practice for over forty years and taught psychology classes at Sinclair Community College and The University of Dayton. She is married and enjoys being a wife, mother, Yaya, great grandmother, and friend to many! She and her husband have been on 7 mission trips and are actively involved at Fairway Christian Church in The Villages, Florida. Dr. Kuehnl Walters is now “re-fired...
Mar 15, 2021•37 min
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 Diann@DiannAbroad.com for an a...
Feb 09, 2021•22 min•Season 2021Ep. 3
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. Publication is late 2020. Blurb on the back cover: Feisty and outspoken Margot Evelyn Hart and her fiancé, the charming and wealthy activist Andrey Orlov Stephen, left Minnesota to launch a new life abroad. Their plan: he’d work for the State Department and she’d teach English. Together, they’d ...
Oct 27, 2020•17 min
Barbara Rein debuted her first book series in fourth grade, The Adventures of Cassandra McGillicuddy in Outer Space, complete with stick figures drawings. Admonished by her teacher for doing book reports on her own books (and didn't she have chutzpah), she put writing aside for years while stories piled up in her head. One day she opened her laptop and out they poured. She's now an award-winning and Amazon-best-selling author. She lives with her husband and dachshund, traveling with a well-packe...
Oct 22, 2020•31 min
Readers love stories that take place in small towns. Everyone has something to hide. The characters are steeped in juicy stuff such as, pure and simple small politics, personal rivalries, hidden agendas, and petty vendettas that often have little to do the broader matters at hand - none the less, engaging drama. Setting is more intimate in a small town. The characters are in a close-knit community. When characters are “close knit” it can be dreadful for the protagonist. Remember old man Potter f...
Oct 01, 2020•22 min
In July 2017, I stayed in The Petite House (Airbnb) in Agde, France, a tiny village of 22,450 pop. a mile north of Cap de Agde, the seaside resort on the Mediterranean Sea. Giving this is the first week of the French Open, I thought it fitting I indulge myself and reminisce about this lovely village. I mentioned VPNBaron - great way to watch the French Open Tennis Tournament live and free. Take a few minutes to view the Agde, France Photo Gallery . I also mentioned the video I made while I was t...
Sep 29, 2020•9 min
DiannAbroad, solo nomad, travel blogger, and travel photographer, captures her experiences working for the American University of Kosovo and facing a series of eye surgeries in Prishtina, the capital city of Kosovo. After a very long 6 months, she escapes to Chiang Mai, Thailand, the Land of Smiles. There, she finds the zen-like serenity preys on her mind and allows her to see how she has repressed fear of blindness. Diann goes on to illustrate how she managed to face her fears and change her mi...
Sep 19, 2020•18 min
Diann interviews Marilyn R. Atlas – Film Producer/Personal Manager, a charismatic and down -to-earth professional with great tips for character development; and creating bold, complex and memorable characters. She is a delight! Marilyn R. Atlas is a talent and literary manager, author, and award-winning producer. Among her credits as a film producer are “Real Women Have Curves” for HBO, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival; “A Certain Desire,” starring Sam Waterston; and “E...
Jun 04, 2020•39 min
Margaret Best was born in New York, graduated high school in Germany and college in Louisiana. She married in Illinois and moved back to Louisiana. She has two sons born in Texas and one daughter born in New Mexico and eight grandchildren. She lived in several countries, states and territories-Germany, Puerto Rico, Egypt, Japan, Guam, and the United States. She retired from teaching elementary school in Florida before pursuing a career as an author. Her books are available on Amazon and at Barns...
May 09, 2020•39 min
(This interview was initially released January 3, 2020. ) Diann Schindler interviews awarding winning author Paula Stone Tucker: "Surviving: A Kent State Memoir." Paula Stone Tucker was 30 yards in front of the National Guard when they fired into a crowd of students on May 4, 1970 at Kent State University. A retired clinical psychologist, she worked with families, couples, and survivors of trauma and abuse. In her younger days she was a reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal and the Daily Kent St...
May 02, 2020•30 min
Sharon Snir was born in Sydney, Australia and began her professional life as an early childhood educator. Following the birth of her five children Sharon changed professions and trained as a clinical psychotherapist and worked in that field for over thirty years, while also giving regular local and international workshops and seminars. In her blog, Speed of Light Heartedness, she shares her philosophical and spiritual musings. Over the past ten years she has written three books is now in the pro...
Apr 23, 2020•52 min
A long time Florida resident, J.R. Minard taught in high school and junior college classrooms and raised two teenage daughters. She later became part of the faculty at the Job Corps in Charles Town, WV and taught the GED program to young men and women who wished to complete their high school diploma and become employed. She spends time as a volunteer with the Patriotic Service Dogs who are trained at Lowell Correctional Institute in Ocala, Florida. A mid-life crisis and a reunion with a dear fri...
Apr 20, 2020•32 min
This is rerelease of this episode, first released in December, 2018. Listen to Part 2 of Diann's true story of leaving a marriage, her view of romantic relationships, a surprise meeting with the Camera Man, and what happens next. In case you missed it, listen to Part I, here. DiannAbroad.com Diann@DiannAbroad.com Thank you for listening and please subscribe. Copyright 2020 DiannAbroad All rights reserved....
Apr 17, 2020•22 min
Listen to Diann's true story of leaving a marriage, her view of romantic relationships, and a surprise meeting: the camera man. (First published in December, 2018.) Copyright DiannAbroad All rights reserved. https://www.diannabroad.com/podcast Diann@DiannAbroad.com
Apr 10, 2020•19 min
Geralyn Vilar Geralyn Vilar was born and raised in Belleville, New Jersey. After high school she married and while raising her children, she received her A.A.S. degree in nursing from Essex County College. Later in life she received her BSN. Part of her education for her BSN included a class in poetry. Her professor was taken by her work and she began to seriously consider writing. Her first novel, "One Spring Day" was published on March 12, 2020 and is available through Amazon. She is a mother ...
Apr 03, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 110
This is a good time for me to take a moment to list those things for which I am grateful, especially during this lengthy isolation. What are you grateful for? Please comment. Thank you for listening. Diann@DiannAbroad.com DiannAbroad.com Music is "Miracle Music" written by Dream Machine Intro and Outgo Music: "The Amelia Island Sun" Rafael Javadov
Apr 02, 2020•7 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Vic DiGenti is the award-winning author of six novels and six works of nonfiction. His novels include the Windrusher trilogy of adventure-fantasies featuring a four-legged feline protagonist, and the Quint Mitchell Mystery series published under the pen name Parker Francis. Vic’s also penned biographies for two WWII veterans, and written four other personal biographies plus a family history. As a working author and publisher (Windrusher Hall Press), Vic has taught writing classes at the Universi...
Mar 26, 2020•37 min
Retired physician, Larry Martin, has written 22 books in a variety of genres. When asked why so many and how, he says he loves to write, and he loves to learn. He learns best by writing, from books and articles about his medical field of pulmonology (disorders of the respiratory system), to history, music, and more! Listen as he talks about his books and his current project: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and its effect on memory loss. Larry Martin's bio: I began writing early in my medical career in...
Mar 20, 2020•33 min
Dr. Kuehnl Walters is a retired clinical/forensic psychologist from Ohio. She was in private practice for over forty years and taught psychology classes at Sinclair Community College and The University of Dayton. She is married and enjoys being a wife, mother, Yaya, great grandmother, and friend to many! She and her husband have been on seven mission trips and are actively involved at Fairway Christian Church in The Villages, Florida. Dr. Kuehnl Walters is now “re-fired” as a published author of...
Mar 05, 2020•34 min
MARLA J. MCDANIEL 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 railroads, bridges and depots. She took part in the nationwide transportation agenda to recycle abandoned railroads into community trails. She likes to w...
Feb 06, 2020•16 min
This episode focuses on "Just A Girl: A coming-of-age novel about innocence, isolation, love, heartbreak, and discernment." Diann reads the back cover of her novel and Chapter Two. Chapter Two begins with Paula, 5 years old, and her sister, Rachel, 8 years old, putting groceries away. Paula sneaks off with a bag of oranges. "Just A Girl" was ranked 6th best coming-of-age fiction by Amazon in 2017. Go HERE to purchase "Just A Girl." Diann@DiannAbroad.com DiannAbroad.com Music source: SMILE Music ...
Jan 23, 2020•14 min
Do you know the benefits to walking? Simple walking is incredibly beneficial to your health. Diann talks about how walking alleviated her muscle stiffness and pain when she walked over 98 miles in 8 days in Paris. Now, she's walking, biking, and exercising on Amelia Island, Florida. She references her podcast Bike Episode. You can hear it here: "The Answer to Aging: Check Your Tires" If you would like to be interviewed on "In the Know!", please complete this Interview Request Form and send to Di...
Jan 16, 2020•10 min
Think young!! Diann Schindler tells us about her "new" bike, lovely Amelia Island, and her challenging bike ride in the historic district of Amelia Island, Florida. Lessons learned! She also explains her new podcasting equipment upgrades. Would like to "appear" on "In the Know!"? Please complete this Interview Request Form and send to Diann@DiannAbroad.com . DiannAbroad.com Thank you for listening. "Tiny People" Music by Alexei De Bronhe from Fugue...
Jan 10, 2020•14 min
