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Hello And Welcome Back To The Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast!

This week marks the start of a WONDERFUL new adventure for the Waffle-Free Storytelling Podcast because we\'re welcoming our FIRST GUESTS!!!

Kicking us off is Tracey Konstant - sister and human being extraordinaire :-)

Here\'s the waffle... directly from Trace herself:

"Hello. The Famous Place For The Waffle...

Having always loved stories, story-telling, story-listening \\u2013 I attended a couple of workshops by Dorian Haarhoff, a Namibian story guru. They were wonderful. I worked through one of his books, The Writer\'s Voice, and listened to his CD about a thousand times. He has done incredible work scouring traditional stories and building a collection, and some he created himself. He very warmly offers that his stories be retold and so I was delighted to share them often.

Thank you, Dorian. You were a major inspiration to me, and so often one of your light but deep stories will come to mind.

So, when Tina asked me to share a couple of stories on her fantastic podcast \\u2013 which I sit in suspense for every week \\u2013 I was blown away. Since any story I make up is utterly silly and about ten words long \\u2013 it was Dorian to the rescue (we wouldn\\u2019t want a three-word story based on plate, roses and curtains that would go \\u2026. \\u201cShe opened the curtains so that she could see the roses while she ate the toast on her plate. The end.\\u201d Yes, it is that bad!).

One of the things that has stayed with me from Dorian\\u2019s workshops is the idea that we find the story in the path \\u2013 I picture it as a lantern on a forest path. The path is ours, the story finds us where we are. It isn\\u2019t a fixed thing. It isn\\u2019t the same story to me as it is to you. So I never try to interpret a story for anyone else or draw meaning except for myself on the day. All of these stories leave me with an insight of some sort. I hope they do the same for you.

I also noticed as the four stories came together that all the characters are male. I\\u2019m not sure what to say about that. Do I apologise? Do I say that I mean \\u2018human\\u2019 when I say \\u2018he\\u2019? Or are these all about our male energy, and there are other stories about our female side? I don\\u2019t have answers to that \\u2013 just sitting with the question a bit though. What I do know is that, for me, they apply to all genders.

These are the links to Dorian\\u2019s online spaces:

http://dorianhaarhoffwriter.homestead.com/index.html

https://dorianhaarhoff.com

Do look him up.

Much love, and thank you so so much, Tina, for your wonderful stories, and for the great honour of inviting me to come and play."

Tina here...

Thank you for joining in, Trace!!

When you\'ve enjoyed this gorgeous collection of tales, you\'re welcome to visit https://tinakonstant.com/ and enjoy more waffle-free storytelling.

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