by Bernadette Nason | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
As you probably know, Thanksgiving is not celebrated in England. O. Henry loves to tell people – it is a “purely American” holiday. The English do, however, celebrate Harvest Festival. Of course, we’ve given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times – the...
by Bernadette Nason | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
R.I.P. MISS DUBUISSON a.k.a. DOOBEY, DOOBS, THE DOOBSTER As Austin’s weather changes from autumn to winter; as freezing rain drips from the gutters and “that old north wind” blows the yellow leaves from our Texas ash, we mourn the tragic loss of Doobey, our precious...
by Bernadette Nason | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Everything I am and everything I do, I am able to be and do because of my mother. I thank her every single day, but today, the 30th of September, I wish she were still on this earthly plane so that I could hug and thank her at the same time. Happy 88th Birthday,...
by Bernadette Nason | Sep 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
You may have heard that I finished my first draft of TEA IN TRIPOLI last weekend — 65,000 words of potential, just waiting for my twitchy fingers to create a fabulous second draft. Oh, but all those words wore out these fingers, and they are attached to exhausted...
by Bernadette Nason | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’d only vaguely heard of the National Storytelling Network in 2005 when my new friend Donna Ingham told me that there was to be a storytelling conference in Oklahoma City, OK. In a gesture of true mentor-ship, she offered to share her hotel room with this weird...
by Bernadette Nason | Jul 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
When I was at the store buying groceries which included a bottle of wine, the cashier asked to check my driving license. I don’t flatter myself that I’m being carded because I look under-age but it always makes me smile. The cashier, who couldn’t have been more than...
