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Lost in Shakespeare by Bev Hamel It was a mid summer’s eve and I was in Shakespeare’s land, living my dream studying abroad. The day had started innocently enough as did all my days in England. The coach arrived at Stratford-upon-Avon before noon and I had plenty of time to explore this beautiful and historic part of Great Britain. I took off, alone (more or less), wandered the narrow streets, alleys that led nowhere, and peeked into places that perhaps I shouldn’t have. I was scheduled to meet my peers from Oxford and enjoy an evening performance by the Royal Shakespearean Company of The Comedy of Errors. I had a leisurely day visiting tiny shops then walking along the River Avon, getting to know Shakespeare’s country, intimately. A little too intimately.
This time, I referred to the obscure little booklet that I had found in my favorite used book store at Oxford and carefully mapped out my route. The pages were tattered, handwritten with clever little drawings besides historic sights. Pathways spun webs along modern day structures mingling between vast fields, brooks, ponds and ancient buildings of amazing character. I was lost in another time that reeked of gentleman and women who spoke in musical lyrics. Through the lens of my eyes, this was a medieval landscape, different to Arthur’s, but still alive and teeming with echoes of the past. Read more at All Things Girl. Along the Roman Road by Bev Hamel
I am on a coach with other students from Oxford traveling on a four-day field excursion along the so-called Roman Road into Wales. The trip is focused on environmental studies, but we will also be exploring medieval ruins and the Arthurian Tradition. My mind wanders from the open book on my lap about the history of King Arthur to the window and the scenery that rolls past the English countryside. In my imagination, the coach becomes my stead and I am sitting behind the most handsome man wearing shining armor. Although I am dressed in an Oxford sweat shirt, denims and ‘new age’ tennis shoe sandals, my Knight is oblivious to my dress. Farmland and sheep disappear from the picture and we gallop along the ridges of the hills that border a valley where the landscape forges into a flat stony path. Dr Addison’s voice explodes on the loud speaker, interrupts my train of thought, jerks me back into reality. “For those of you medievalists who are awake, remember you are required to keep a field notebook and complete an essay paper for this trip.” I guess I better take notes and grab my new journal and silver pen from my backpack. To read more on my trip through Wales with King Arthur go to Along the Roman Road at All Things Girl, Everything Girl. |
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January 2010 | This new year will be an interesting adventure! | December 18, 2009 | SNOW . . .in North Carolina, this is a rarity. I think it is God's blessing. My town's landscape is bathed in white. The night is silent but one can hear laughter in the gentle howl of wind. Moravian Stars hang from our porches, join with the hint of the moon's light hidden behind the snow shower's fall. In the darkness that creeps beneath the day, this moment casts an unequivical beauty. Perhaps there is hope after all. PEACE. | December 12, 2009 | Book signing at T Bagge Merchant Old Salem 11 to 2 | November 2009 | Field trips for research, lining up events for 2010, completing many writing assignments, finished two more rooms, front stairs, one bath, and finally after over ten years of procrastination, the back room is cleaned out (almost) and the next big project to tackle! | October 29, 2009 | Book Signing at World Villages Book Signing and Community Shopping Event World Villages at Miller Street Market, Winston-Salem will host a Community Shopping Event and book signing of Bethania: The Village by the Black Walnut Bottom by Beverly Hamel on Thursday, October 29 from 6 - 8:00 PM. Hamel will be joined by Bowman Gray who is the present day photographer for her book. Bethania traces the 250-year history of North Carolina's first planned Moravian settlement through autobiographical accounts, letters and images. The event is jointly hosted by SisterLynk. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Winston-Salem Foundation Alice Conger Patterson Scholarship fund, in support of the education of women. Please join us and get an early start on your Christmas shopping in support of this unique and fun way to support this worthy cause! | October 2009 | SisterLynk | October 24, 2009 | Book Signing at the Vistor's Cennter Bethania Black Walnut Festival | October 22, 2009 | WFDD interview with David Ford | October 17, 2009 | Book Signing Old Salem | October 2009 | Winston Salem Living Magazine article by David Bailey | September 12, 2009 | Bookmarks Festival - Trade Street - Winston-Salem. Come visit me at the Winston-Salem Writers Booth 10 to 11 A.M. and between 12 and 1 P.M. | September 10, 2009 | Torch Club presentation at Salem College: The Challenge of Writing 250 years of History --- Bethania: The Village by the Black Walnut Bottom | August 30, 2009 | A link to an excerpt from Bowman Gray and my interview with WFDD. The full interview is scheduled to air on October 22, 2009. prior to the Black Walnut Bottom Festival on October 24. | Save this Date: August 28, 2009 | Meet the Author - - - Book Signing and Reading at the Village Smith Galleries in Reynolda Village. Bowman Gray will be debut showing some phenomenal prints of his photography. There will be wine and hors d'oeuvres. Both Bo and I will be present to sign books and prints. This represents a first publication for both of us, so please stop by and say hello. | August 23, 2009 | Winston Salem Journal Writers Notebook article on book signing and Bo's showing: An Evening with Gray, Hamel at the Village Smith Galleries. | August 12, 2009 | Upcoming on August 12. 2009 between 9:30 and 10 AM --- a WSJS interview with myself and JR Snider – You can go to the front page of the WSJS web site and listen live on the date and time.WSJS Live: | August 2009 | Along the Roman Road by Bev Hamel at All Things Girl, Everything Girl | July 2009 | Bowman Gray's Bethania slide show | June 2009 | Celebrate Bethania's 250th Anniversary | May 2009 | Winston-Salem Monthly Magazine Feature on Bethania | April 2009 | Can Art Be Taught? at Art Nouveau Magazine | April, 2009 | Take a trip to Bethania, North Carolina and home of the Black Walnut Bottom. This is a beautifully done slide show by Bowman Gray Jr that takes you back into another century. | March, 2009 | Caution Breasts in Training at All Things Girl Everything Girl | February, 2009 | The Old Woman Who Communes with Trees at All Things Girl Everything Girl | February, 2009 | Fine Art and the Fickle Economy at Art Nouveau Magazine | January, 2009 | Communication Error at All Things Girl Everything Girl | May 2008 | Attempting to get web site up and running. This is a daunting task and often frustrating. I thought I knew what I was doing. Wrong. Some search engines are still bringing up old pages so please bear with this newbie. | June 1, 2008 | Road trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Albert Einstein said, "Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift." He is so right. We played along the Rocky Knob Gorge, visited a winery and the Mabry Mill. I am humbled by the beauty of God's gift to humanity. | June 29, 2008 | Goddard College MFA Graduation YEAH! Choosing Goddard’s MFAW program was one of the smartest choices that I have ever made. In my newbie semester of GradSchool, I remember stepping out of the cab and feeling as if I had been struck by lightning. I walked into a vortex of energy that left me breathless and I knew I would be in for one of those life altering experiences. I was not disappointed. To learn more about Goddard College in Plainfield Vermont, please click here. | June 30, 2008 | Contrary to the urgent emails sent to all those who happened to be in my AOL address book that said I was in Nigeria visiting the Tinapa opening ceremony, was robbed at gun point, desperately needed $1,380 so I could settle the hotel bills, I just came back from Goddard College in Vermont where I received an MFA (Master’s of Fine Arts) – in writing no less. | July 2, 2008 | For those of you who may wonder what a Schlog is, since I use to be a schleper, (I made a living from intimate apparel, men's underwear and socks) I am now a bonafide schlogger, which means I now schlep words for a living. | July 12, 2008 | Confessions of a Textbook Abuser from the Salemite | July 13, 2008 | To Cord or Not To Cord . . . a Moravian Tradition from the Salemite | July 14, 2008 | A Poem for My Grandmother . . . Sallies Kitchen . . . from The Pitkin Review - Goddard College. | July 20, 2008 | SisterLynK my favorite Salem College Connection Link to Salem College. | July 21, 2008 | My Favorite Winston-Salem Writer's Group | August 2, 2008 | Read more on my trip to Goddard via Nigeria and the Tinapa opening ceremony, being robbed, etc as published in All Things Girl / Everything Girls at An Interview with the Mother of Teenaged Girls (or How My New Babemobile Came to be Dented) by Bev Hamel | September 1, 2008 | Read Don't Look Now But Your Internet is Showing by Bev Hamel in the September issue of Art Nouveau Magazine online | September 2008 | Read a Wabi Sabi Life at All things girl | November 2008 | Read November issue of Art Nouveau Magazine on line - The Art in Fashion . . . Which came first fashion or art? by Bev Hamel http://www.artnouveaumagazine.com/nov-dec/fashion-art.html | November 2008 | Read Gloria Steinem: The Longest Revolution by Bev Hamel - http://allthingsgirl.net/everythinggirl/naughty-nice-novdec-2008/gloria-steinem-the-longest-revolutionby-bev-hamel/ |
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