by Bernadette Nason | Dec 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I opened A Christmas Carol at Bastrop Opera House last night to a small but generous audience. They were involved and engaged, and genuinely seemed affected by it. I took two bows and think I could’ve taken three. It was thrilling to tell the tale on that old...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
The most memorable part of Christmas 1984 for me was Band Aid and the song, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” http://youtu.be/to652Gy9blI Although I’d been determined to do so, I eventually chose not to stay in Tripoli over Christmas. The...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? “VIRGINIA...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
When temperatures flirt around the freezing mark in Austin, Texas, it’s a big deal. It’s headline news. Brits tend to laugh at this as, in their homeland, it’s flirtin’ around flippin’ freezin’ for much of the winter. For British...
by Bernadette Nason | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
ANON has written many exquisite poems. Here’s one of my favorites, taken from “The Family Read-Aloud CHRISTMAS TREASURY” (Alice Low and Marc Brown) Winds through the olive treesSoftly did blow,Round little BethlehemLong, Long ago. Sheep on the...
