Uncategorized Archives - Bernadette Nason http://bernadettenason.com/category/uncategorized/ Storyteller, Touring Presenter, Author, Actress Fri, 21 May 2021 14:02:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 193331237 Trials and Tribulations http://bernadettenason.com/2021/05/21/trials-and-tribulations/ http://bernadettenason.com/2021/05/21/trials-and-tribulations/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 14:02:01 +0000 https://www.bernadettenason.com/?p=1092 After months of struggling to get website support from GoDaddy, I’ve finally moved my website to Bluehost.com and, while hesitating to sound like a commercial, I’ve received more positive support from them in the past week than in all the years I’ve been with G/D. Here’s hoping I’ll now be in a position, both technically

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2021/05/21/trials-and-tribulations/feed/ 0 1092 White Rabbit, White Rabbit, White Rabbit http://bernadettenason.com/2017/03/01/white-rabbit-white-rabbit-white-rabbit-2/ http://bernadettenason.com/2017/03/01/white-rabbit-white-rabbit-white-rabbit-2/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:22:53 +0000 http://www.bernadettenason.com/?p=505 Posted on June 2, 2016 by Bernadette Nason I’ve been saying, “White rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit” first thing on the first day of every month since I was tiny. According to my lovely mum, mentioning white rabbits x 3 first thing on the first day of the month brings good luck for the rest of the month.

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2017/03/01/white-rabbit-white-rabbit-white-rabbit-2/feed/ 0 505 Summer 1984, Tripoli, Libya — My First Voice Work http://bernadettenason.com/2017/02/15/summer-1984-tripoli-libya-my-first-voice-work/ http://bernadettenason.com/2017/02/15/summer-1984-tripoli-libya-my-first-voice-work/#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:59:00 +0000 http://bernadettenason.com/2017/02/15/summer-1984-tripoli-libya-my-first-voice-work/ Excerpts from letters to England (grammar and spelling choices have been left intact) Tripoli, 24th July 1984 “Another thing which is quite interesting is that some of the Tripoli Players are doing a sound recording for some educational tapes to teach Libyans English words and grammar, and they have asked me if I would consider

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2017/02/15/summer-1984-tripoli-libya-my-first-voice-work/feed/ 0 617 On the 2nd Day of Advent, 2016: Christmas Memories from my Mum http://bernadettenason.com/2016/12/02/on-the-2nd-day-of-advent-2016-christmas-memories-from-my-mum/ http://bernadettenason.com/2016/12/02/on-the-2nd-day-of-advent-2016-christmas-memories-from-my-mum/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 23:58:00 +0000 http://bernadettenason.com/2016/12/02/on-the-2nd-day-of-advent-2016-christmas-memories-from-my-mum/ Late in my mother’s life, I asked her to write down anything she remembered about our growing up years, a difficult time as Mum was a single parent, and Dad rarely sent the money required to take care of three little children. Fearing that Christmas had become a sad occasion for us, she made a

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2016/12/02/on-the-2nd-day-of-advent-2016-christmas-memories-from-my-mum/feed/ 4 618 I LOVE READING! http://bernadettenason.com/2016/03/01/i-love-reading/ http://bernadettenason.com/2016/03/01/i-love-reading/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:24:00 +0000 http://bernadettenason.com/2016/03/01/i-love-reading/ To celebrate I LOVE READING!, I recently presented at Pillow Elementary, a wonderful multicultural school, and also my local. I pass it every day when I walk. After the event, I was thrilled to get a nice testimonial from the faculty, and along with it, a packet of Thank Yous from the students. I love

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2016/02/14/st-valentines-day-in-libya-1985/feed/ 3 623 STEALING BABY JESUS http://bernadettenason.com/2015/12/07/stealing-baby-jesus/ http://bernadettenason.com/2015/12/07/stealing-baby-jesus/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:21:00 +0000 http://bernadettenason.com/2015/12/07/stealing-baby-jesus/ After months of writing and several weeks of detailed rehearsal with my director, Michael Stuart, the show opens tonight at 8:00 PM at the Hyde Park Theatre. I know many of my blog friends don’t live in Austin and will therefore be unable to join us, but I hope you’ll be there in spirit! I’m

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2015/12/07/stealing-baby-jesus/feed/ 0 624 Suddenly…Mum’s 90th Birthday http://bernadettenason.com/2015/09/30/suddenly-mums-90th-birthday/ http://bernadettenason.com/2015/09/30/suddenly-mums-90th-birthday/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:14:00 +0000 http://bernadettenason.com/2015/09/30/suddenly-mums-90th-birthday/ Today would’ve been my mother’s 90th birthday. She died suddenly in 2007. She dropped dead of heart failure as she reached for her meditation chair, prayer books in hand. “She wouldn’t have felt a thing,” the doctor confirmed. It was a real shock. Although she’d had a bit of an issue with high BP in

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]]> http://bernadettenason.com/2015/09/30/suddenly-mums-90th-birthday/feed/ 0 625 Praying for the Mantis http://bernadettenason.com/2015/06/25/praying-for-the-mantis/ http://bernadettenason.com/2015/06/25/praying-for-the-mantis/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:46:00 +0000 http://bernadettenason.com/2015/06/25/praying-for-the-mantis/ On my front flowerbed this morning, I spotted a tiny praying mantis, and right alongside it, hanging from another leaf, the ghost of a mantis, which I presume is its recently shed coat. As I watched, a large moth landed on the next stalk. I wondered if the mantis was praying that the moth would

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