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Acting Reflections: Rose, E're Late Bloomers
"Age is just a number ..." And yet, it's age that seems to dictate every aspect of our lives. If you're not reading and learning the...
Nessa Amherst
Mar 714 min read
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People Pleasers Anonymous
Hello. My name is Nessa. And I'm a people pleaser. (This is probably the part where everyone says, "Hello, Nessa.") I'm gonna be...
Nessa Amherst
Feb 2116 min read
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Acting Reflections: To Do Community Theatre, or Not Do Community Theatre?
When you're first starting out as an actor, you're more often than not going to begin your career in amateur productions. Local school...
Nessa Amherst
Feb 722 min read
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Acting Reflections: Ch-ch-changes, Part Deux
Hey, all. Happy new year! I know it's a little late to say that, but I haven't seen a lot of you recently, and I wanted to send my...
Nessa Amherst
Jan 2417 min read
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Acting Reflections: Dirty Politics
Hey. Sorry I was MIA for a while. A couple of weeks ago was Halloween and I had a LOT of baking to do - dirt pudding, mini apple...
Nessa Amherst
Nov 15, 202415 min read
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Acting Reflections: Ch-ch-ch-changes
It should come as no surprise that I'm into a little bit of sci-fi, and one of my favorite shows to watch is Star Trek . Preferably, it...
Nessa Amherst
Oct 18, 202417 min read
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The Whole "Being Dead" Thing
Oof. This week was a bit of a rough one. But not for me, personally. I'm doing okay. But it's been rough in a way that always seems...
Nessa Amherst
Oct 4, 202412 min read
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The First Day of Another 365-Day Journey
Well, if you're reading this blog today, you caught me at a good time... Because today is sort of a special day for me. It's sort of my...
Nessa Amherst
Sep 20, 202413 min read
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Are You Going to Scarborough Faire?
Well, we've finally made it to the "ember" months - September, October, November, and December. After a long, hot summer (with plenty of...
Nessa Amherst
Sep 6, 202416 min read
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You Can't Keep A Good Dog Down
It's no secret that whenever we're feeling down, exhausted, confused, or all of the above, we go to things and places that bring us...
Nessa Amherst
Aug 23, 202418 min read
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Getting Lost Is the Best Thing That Could Happen to Me...
Well, this week marks my return to my acting career after taking much of July off, and as you can probably imagine, it was much-needed......
Nessa Amherst
Aug 9, 202413 min read
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We Are Never Getting (Back) Together
I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know any of the current and up & coming artists on the airwaves right now. I don't know any of Lizzo's...
Nessa Amherst
Jul 26, 202417 min read
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Business As (Un)Usual
So... You know when I said I was planning on taking a break back in April when I had my burnout diagnosis and it turned out to be a...
Nessa Amherst
Jul 12, 202418 min read
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The Father That Wasn't
I decided to go back into the WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back machine, and look at something I haven't looked at for a while. And you might get an...
Nessa Amherst
Jun 28, 202418 min read
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Theatrical Reflections: The Understudy Syndrome
Somehow, when yours truly decided to take a three week break from acting after discovering she had burnout... I didn't anticipate...
Nessa Amherst
Jun 14, 202417 min read
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Highest Expression of Humanity
I've come to a sad conclusion as of late, and it's one that I thought would change after four years since a global pandemic. Apparently,...
Nessa Amherst
May 31, 202417 min read
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Embracing the Chaos, One Curl at A Time
Well, yours truly did something pretty brave last month... And when I say brave, I mean BRAVE. Literally over-ten-years-in-the-making...
Nessa Amherst
May 17, 202410 min read
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Crying Time
Oof. Yours truly had quite the week last week. Or was it the last week and a half? I'm not 100% sure, but it was quite a week. And...
Nessa Amherst
May 3, 202415 min read
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A Communal Experience
Last Monday started off quite spectacular. And that was because it was something we all enjoyed together (well, most of us, anyway.). ...
Nessa Amherst
Apr 19, 202415 min read
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The Tortoise and the Hare
Well, as of tomorrow, I've reached a major milestone: It'll be two months since I had my laparoscopic myomectomy to remove two uterine...
Nessa Amherst
Apr 5, 202411 min read
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