Amelia's Blog

First Folio - The Malvern Shakespeare Folio 400 Festival is over; what are people saying about it?

The Malvern Shakespeare Folio 400 Festival at the Coach House Theatre in Malvern began with the opening night of my comedy-drama Nay,...

How can one day of walking in the snow be so blissful?

Like all children from 3 to 83, I wanted snow at Christmas, but we did not get any. A few days before Christmas, however, we had a...

What's it like to have a wild experience with a baby redstart? A baby bird landed on me!

A baby redstart landed on me! I had the most amazing experience today; I was innocently photographing our huge dill plant; it's beyond...

Is it more Sublime to walk in Austria or in England?

The Beautiful, The Sublime, and Me: Walking On the Malvern Hills and in Southern Austria During the three years that I was writing my...

What did Shakespeare know about Mental Health?

"There is a willow grows aslant a brook." Shakespeare, Nature and Mental Health By Amelia Marriette As the weather begins to improve and...

What does Walking into Alchemy mean? And What is Spiritual Alchemy?

Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green,...

Is it okay to be imperfect? Japanese Kintsugi has the answer.

It’s the time of year when, like most of us, I feel reflective and perhaps even a little melancholy. Have I achieved all that I wanted to...

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