by Bernadette Nason | Apr 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
In my mother’s honor, here is her own story about leaving home for the very first time. World War II put paid to Mum’s chances of going to university, at least temporarily. Desperate to get away from a difficult and traumatic family life in the north of...
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...
