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Tea. Toast. & Trivia.

Blogger.Visual Storyteller.Traveler: Exploring the creative spirit within a dynamic, ever-changing global world. The pursuit of artistic excellence is an essential element of our humanity; it speaks to the soul of our culture and society, allowing us to celebrate our individuality and our togetherness. My goal: to encourage a deep and profound awareness of our personal journeys. Tea Toast & Trivia Podcast All Rights Reserved © 2019 -2025 by Rebecca Budd

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00:23:23

Liz Humphreys and Elisabeth Van Der Meer on the...

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/06/29

Season 3 Episode 26: Liz Humphreys and Elisabeth Van Der Meer on the #KaramazovReadalong Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. “Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it and redeem not only your own but other people’s sins. Go, and do not be afraid.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov I am your host, Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. Today we are working with the magic of technology to bring

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00:18:13

Roberta Eaton Cheadle Reading A Ghost and His Gold

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/06/22

S3 E25: Roberta Eaton Cheadle Reading “A Ghost and his Gold” Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Bookstores, libraries, and coffee shops are great places for book readings. There is something extraordinary about hearing the voice of an author reading their stories. Their voice and intonation are nuanced by the many hours of effort putting pen to paper. They created the characters, structured the plot, and lived every twist and turn that creates bumps in the

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00:20:57

Liz Humphreys on 14 Weeks with Dante Alighieri

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/06/15

Season 3 Episode 24: Liz Humphreys on 14 Weeks with Dante Alighieri “Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.” Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, The Purgatorio and The Paradiso Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am your host, Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. My dear blogger friend, Liz, from her blog Leaping Life and I have once again bridged the 7,059 kilometers between Edinburgh and Vancouver to discuss

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00:22:36

Eglund on the Art of Communication

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2021/06/08

S3 E23: Eglund on the Art of Communication Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am travelling over 7900 kilometers to Berlin, Germany to meet up with my friend, Eglund, journalist and writer. Berlin is a center of politics, culture, media, and science, home of the world-famous Berlin Opera, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Berlin is on my must-see places to visit once travel comes back. But for now, I am enjoying my virtual

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00:15:49

Darlene Foster Reading Amanda in Spain: The Girl in...

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/05/31

S3 E22: Darlene Foster Reading Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Bookstores, libraries, and coffee shops are great places for book readings. There is something extraordinary about hearing the voice of an author reading their stories. Their voice and intonation are nuanced by the many hours of effort putting pen to paper. They created the characters, structured the plot, and lived every twist and turn that creates bumps in the

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00:24:27

Elisabeth Van Der Meer and Dave Astor on Enduring...

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2021/05/24

S3 E21: Elisabeth Van Der Meer & Dave Astor on Enduring Literary Themes “Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.” Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Why do specific narratives endure? Writers and readers come to these stories over and over again. Is it because the characters are memorable and compelling? Or

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00:15:08

The Trio on Letterwriting

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2021/05/18

S3 E20: The Trio on Letter Writing Steve Carell once said, “Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It’s disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there’s something visceral about opening a letter – I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.” Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am joined by my mother, Frances, and my sister, Sarah, to discuss letter writing. In our last podcast discussion, we discussed the art of

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00:16:43

D. Wallace Peach Reading Liars & Thieves, Unraveling...

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/05/11

S3 E19: D Wallace Peach Reading Liars & Thieves, Unravelling the Veil Book One Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Bookstores, libraries, and coffee shops are great places for book readings. There is something extraordinary about hearing the voice of an author reading their stories. Their voice and intonation are nuanced by the many hours of effort putting pen to paper. They created the characters, structured the plot, and lived every twist and turn that creates bumps

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00:24:48

Traveling to Orkney with Lorna Brown

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/05/03

S3 E18: Traveling to Orkney with Lorna Brown “A trip to Orkney gives you the opportunity to look back in time: through both world wars, crofting, Norse and Neolithic eras. Locals say if you scratch the surface of Orkney, it bleeds archaeology. Venturing further back, the rugged landscape affords glimpses into the geological heritage that physically shaped our islands many millennia ago.” Lorna Brown, See Orkney Tours Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Join me as I travel

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00:21:56

Kim Mooney on Hidden Daughter - Secret Sister, A...

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2021/04/26

S3 E17: Kim Mooney on Hidden Daughter-Secret Sister, A Story of Adoption Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am your host Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I am delighted and thrilled that my long-time friend, Kim Mooney, has joined me on Tea Toast & Trivia to discuss her book, “Hidden Daughter-Secret Sister, A Story of Adoption.” Kim has a degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in leadership. Her career has been an eclectic

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00:19:51

Joan Dunnett on Reading Sir Walter Scott

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2021/04/20

Season 3 Episode 16: Joan Dunnett on Reading Sir Walter Scott Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am your host Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I am delighted and thrilled that my friend, Joan Dunnett, writer of “Tides of Change,” and I have once again bridged the 7,059 kilometres between Edinburgh and Vancouver to discuss, Sir Walter Scott, who is remembered for his extensive literary works and political engagement. Many of his

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00:18:45

Dr. Leith Davis on The Lyon in Mourning

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2021/04/13

S3 E15: Dr. Leith Davis on The Lyon in Mourning Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am thrilled that I am meeting up with Dr. Leith Davis, Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. She is a co-founder of the Department of English’s Master of Arts program with Specialization in Print Culture and is the Director of Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Scottish Studies. Leith is the author of Acts of Union: Scotland and the Negotiation of the British Nation (Stanford

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00:21:25

Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene Launches “Dead of Winter”

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/04/06

Season 3 Episode 14: Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene Launches “Dead of Winter” Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am thrilled that Teagan Geneviene has joined me on Tea Toast & Trivia to discuss the launch of her book, “Dead of Winter”. The adventure is coming to readers in a series of Journeys. I have read Journey 1, Forlorn Peak and Journey 2, Penllyn and now await, with great anticipation, the next installment, Journey 3, The Fever Field. Teagan makes brilliant use of

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00:21:57

Tim Price on Blogging, Photography & Connecting

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/03/30

S3 E13: Tim Price on Blogging, Photography & Connecting Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am your host Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I am delighted and thrilled that my blogger friend, writer, musician, and photographer, Timothy Price has joined me on Tea Toast & Trivia for a discussion about blogging, writing about daily life and engaging within the blogging community. I have been following Tim’s blog since my first introduction

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00:16:47

Mary Jo Malo on Poetry & A Poet’s Calling

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/03/22

S3 E12: Mary Jo Malo, Celebrating World Poetry Day Welcome to Tea. Toast. & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am your host Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I am delighted to meet up with my friend and poet, Mary Jo Malo. We are bridging the distance of 3,420 kilometers between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Vancouver, British Columbia to discuss poetry and a poet’s calling. Driving time is 31 hours, Zoom time, 31 seconds. We will be marking World Poetry Day,

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00:15:40

The Trio on the Art of Cursive Writing

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/03/16

S3 E11: The Trio on the Art of Cursive Writing Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. am joined by my mother, Frances, and my sister, Sarah, to discuss the art of cursive writing. Cursive handwriting style undoubtedly has an artistic flair. There is beauty in the curving lines and connecting letters. But there is much more about cursive writing to celebrate for it improves our neural connections and interplay of the left and right cerebral hemispheres. When we use cursive

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00:24:40

D Wallace Peach on Writing & Publishing

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/03/08

S3 E10: D Wallace Peach on Writing and Publishing “My latest trilogy is titled Unraveling the Veil. It’s about three races – goblins, elves, and changelings – and how blame and lies almost destroy their lives and civilization. My trio of heroes are products of their cultures and biases, and yet they have to trust each other and work together to learn the truth of a series of mysterious disappearances. Things get awfully grim before they accomplish their goal.” D Wallace Peach Welcome to Tea Toast

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00:23:51

Darlene Foster on Travels with Amanda

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/03/02

Season 3 Episode 9: Darlene Foster on Writing Amanda Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia Thank you for listening in! Never let a day go by without a dream” Darlene Foster I am your host Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. I am delighted and thrilled that my blogger friend and writer, Darlene Foster and I are bridging approximately 8,784 kilometers, as the crow flies, between Costa Blanca, Spain and Vancouver, Canada. A distance that would be 11 hours and 25 minutes

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00:36:10

Klausbernd Vollmar on Ugliness

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/02/23

S3 E8: Klausbernd Vollmar on Ugliness Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am travelling over 7,500 kilometers to Cley-Next-The-Sea, an idyllic artists’ village situated on the River Glaven in Norfolk, England. I am meeting up once again with my dear blogger friend, and professional author, Klausbernd Vollmar, who is an authority on colour theory and in the language of symbols in dreams and art. In our last podcast, we explored the idea of beauty. Klausbernd has come back

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00:28:06

Paul Andruss Reading Jack Hughes & Thomas the Rhymer

Tea. Toast. & Trivia. ·

2021/02/16

S3 E7: Paul Andruss Reading Jack Hughes and Thomas the Rhymer Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Bookstores, libraries, and coffee shops are great places for book readings. There is something extraordinary about hearing the voice of an author reading their stories. Their voice and intonation are nuanced by the many hours of effort putting pen to paper. They created the characters, structured the plot, and lived every twist and turn that creates bumps in the

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