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Stories From Women Who Walk

Stories From Women Who Walk

Di: Diane F Wyzga * Podcaster * Communication Problem Solver * Story Strategizer * Founder Engaged Storyism® Method
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Short-form story-based episodes guaranteed to inform, delight, inspire & motivate. You'll see yourself here & say, "What! You, too? I thought I was the only one." Join us: Wednesdays on Whidbey & Story Prompt Friday.Commencing 2019, Diane F. Wyzga, Quarter Moon Story Arts, Stories From Women Who Walk Arte Intrattenimento e arti dello spettacolo Relazioni Scienze sociali
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  • Wednesdays on Whidbey: No Kings: Vote Early Rally on Saturday October 17th

    Wednesdays on Whidbey: No Kings: Vote Early Rally on Saturday October 17th
    Oct 14 2026
    Hello to you listening wherever your feet touch the ground. Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga. You may be wondering what a No Kings rally announcement might have to do with Middle-Earth-Age women who are navigating their midlife pilgrimage story. One thing I’ve learned is how often we concede our voices, ideas and positions as a result of not having been seen, heard, understood, or listened to. Shifting that habit and learning to stand up to “say what we mean and mean what we say” takes time, a sense of safety, and being in a cohort of like-valued women. If sharing in a celebratory nonpartisan event designed to encourage increased participation from all eligible voters is something you’d like to do, join us for the upcoming No Kings: Vote Early rally on Whidbey Island on Saturday October 17th or at local events across the country wherever your feet touch the ground! For more than a year, millions of Americans have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law. We say: No Thrones! No Crowns! No Kings! Can you hear us now? No Thrones! No Crowns! No Kings! Now, we are turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings gatherings, No Kings: Vote Early, on Saturday October 17th is not just a protest. It's a day of volunteer-organized, nonpartisan voter participation. Together with Indivisible Whidbey, SOS Whidbey, and Whidbey Island League of Women Voters we will be showing up with our Whidbey community so that all eligible voters understand their options for how to vote and how to make their vote heard by voting early. In these United States of America no one gets to decide our leaders before We the People have voted our choice! All the details for No Kings: Vote Early rally on Whidbey Island on Saturday October 17th are in the Episode Notes. Let’s show up Whidbey Strong!Details for Whidbey Island, WA October 17th rallyTitle: No Kings: Vote Early Whidbey Island WashingtonLocation: Coupeville Overpass, State Route 20 & North Main Street, Coupeville, WA, 98239When: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMLINK for more information & to RSVP for the Whidbey Island No Kings: Vote Early Rally More No Kings: Vote Early information Find a No Kings: Vote Early event where your feet touch the ground Click the LINK to update your voter registration or confirm that you are registered to vote Remember to vote early and vote the whole ballot! Use a ballot drop box to return your ballot.Engage friends & family in our neighborhood and communities where voting happens. YOU'RE INVITED: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, subscribe & spread this episode with a generous 5-star review & comment on Apple podcast—it helps us all—& join us next time! STOP BY my newly re-imagined Quarter Moon Story Arts websiteARRANGE ----> a no-obligation Discovery Call SUBSCRIBE on Substack to STAY CURRENT with me as Diane Wyzga / Quarter Moon Story Arts Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Entering Erdenheim by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. Enjoy my work? Share & attribute it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source.
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    5 min
  • Story Prompt Friday: What Made Your Meal Singularly Memorable?

    Story Prompt Friday: What Made Your Meal Singularly Memorable?
    Oct 2 2026
    Hello to you listening from wherever your feet touch the ground. Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga. Revisiting Camino experiences. I‘ve been virtually retracing my Camino de Santiago pilgrimage steps—5 weeks, 500 miles across Spain—revisiting lived experiences and all those memory moments—as I do every year on the anniversary. Struggles. By this time back then I’d been on the road almost 2 weeks. I was slowly gaining strength, endurance, and confidence in meeting what would happen next. I didn’t always know where I was headed or what challenges I’d meet. Would I get lost? Would the albergue (the pilgrim hostel) be full and no beds available; and, if so, where would I sleep for the night? Where would I find food and clean drinking water? Would I be able to cover the miles I needed to? On this day I planned to trek 18 miles—mostly back roads and fields. The weather was good. The scorching heat of summer had begin to melt away leaving yellowing leaves on trees, harvested furrows and cooler days. But I was tiring after such a long day carrying my 15-pound pack. Was I going to make it? Precious rest. My sights were set on arriving at Casa de Magica, an albergue in Lorca. A break from the usual overflowing dorm rooms with tripled stacked beds, plastic-covered mattresses and snoring, lots of snoring. This beautifully restored stone house with it’s inviting name, only 11 beds, and sheltered in a small village promised peace, quiet, rest! And, paella! Food on the Camino. Good food does more than fuel the body. Shared meals—a signature part of the pilgrim journey—fortify the heart. Albergue meals could be hit or miss. Some albergues offered a small bowl of pasta with pesto and a green salad. In others you might get soup and bread, green beans with garlic, fried trout, and maybe yogurt for dessert. On occasion those meals became family dinners when we pilgrims were welcomed into the family kitchen. Casa de Magica promised such a welcome and homemade traditional paella! If only I could make it before my stumbling feet gave out. Casa de Magica. After another six miles I staggered in the front door. I had arrived at Casa de Magica. Leaving my boots and trekking poles in a box for that purpose I padded in my socks behind the hospitelero as he showed me to the last open bed in a small room with 5 other women pilgrims. I checked for bedbugs, spread out my sleeping bag, put my pack on the floor and headed downstairs, across an old stone courtyard and into a small stone building where clean plastic bins were stacked on the floor alongside a large jug of red wine vinegar and a box of coarse salt. When mixed with ice cold water the solution became a refreshing soak for tired feet and shins. Try it sometime. It’s like magica! I dried my feet, slipped on my sandals and snugged down into a hammock hanging from old crossbeams in the building. It was time to rest. No paella for us. But then the hospitelero knelt by my side and said that he was very sorry but he could not make the paella as promised. Someone in the family was sick and he had to leave. Now what? This was a small village with no cafes. It was getting late. I joined a few pilgrims in the courtyard and we set out to see what we could find. Like magica we spotted a mercado but the shopkeeper was closing up ready to head home to his own supper. Unlike our 24/7 grocery stores, a mercado is a small shop with local foods, fresh produce and vino tinto (good red wine). Having patiently listened while we explained our plight, the shopkeeper unlocked the door and welcomed us inside so we could shop for what we needed. The albergue kitchen. Bustling back to the albergue kitchen with our supplies we worked together to prepare an elegant meal: sliced tomatoes, potatoes boiled in their jackets, diced bacon with wilted spinach, and huevos fritos: eggs basted in copious amounts of virgin olive oil. Bringing our plates to the old wooden table we took our seats, sat and ate relishing the nourishing food, the collective effort, and the profound sense of Camino magic. In the morning we would likely go our separate ways making and collecting more memory moments. For me, all these years later, this meal is still magica. Story Prompt: What has made a meal memorable, even magical, for you? Write that story! Share it out loud. As always, thank you for listening to “the music of the spoken word!” YOU'RE INVITED: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, subscribe & spread this episode with a generous 5-star review & comment on APPLE Podcast—it helps us all—& join us next time!STOP BY my newly re-imagined Quarter Moon Story Arts ...
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    8 min
  • Time Out Tuesday: Mindful of the Beauty of Our Comings & Goings

    Time Out Tuesday: Mindful of the Beauty of Our Comings & Goings
    Oct 13 2026

    Hello to you listening from wherever your feet touch the ground!

    Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with the occasional Time Out Tuesday episode and your host, Diane Wyzga.

    We certainly do live in interesting times; but they can prove to be trying if not downright exhausting. Maybe like me you find the simple practice of breathing in and out while you take a moment to be part of Nature balances and restores you to a sense of calm, maybe even flourishing.

    Here on Whidbey Island grey smoke from warming wood fires escapes stone chimneys, the winds are cooler, the sky is bluer, and the leaves on the trees—letting go in a riot of autumn colors—are called home to the damp earth.

    Breathing deep to settle my worries I was drawn inside a favorite poem by David Ignatow. He wrote:

    "I wish I knew the beauty of leaves falling.
    To whom, to whom are we beautiful as we go.
    To whom are we beautiful as we go    ." ~ David Ignatow

    As we live our precious and precarious lives, take a moment to behold yourself, your loved ones, friends, and colleagues. Breathe in and deeply appreciate how much beauty has been granted to you, to us, and to them as we come and go in each others’ lives.

    CTA: As always, thank you for listening to “the music of the spoken word.” And if my work matters to you, please let me know, subscribe and share it.

    YOU'RE INVITED: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, subscribe & spread this episode with a generous 5-star review & comment on Apple podcast—it helps us all—& join us next time!

    STOP BY my newly re-imagined Quarter Moon Story Arts website

    ARRANGE ----> a no-obligation Discovery Call

    SUBSCRIBE to SUBSTACK to stay current with me as Diane Wyzga / Quarter Moon Story Arts

    Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team
    Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts
    Music: Entering Erdenheim by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music

    ALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. Enjoy my work? Share & attribute it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source.
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    3 min
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