Author Archives: Nancy Wait

About Nancy Wait

Nancy Wait is an artist a memoir writer, author of "The Nancy Who Drew, The Memoir That Solved A Mystery," and a former actress (stage, film and TV) in the UK under the name of Nancie Wait. She once hosted the blog talk radio shows "Art and Ascension" and "Inspirational Storytellers." Her current project is a second memoir, "The Nancy Who Drew the Way Home."

Oh, America

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Oh, America. What have we done to you?
Was it only a dream of what we might be? Continue reading →

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This, or That?

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Connected to Source, or Imprisoned in Ego? Unity Consciousness, or . . . Continue reading →

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Cue the Mending Basket

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Every actor must know their cues, which means we all do if we believe as Shakespeare did… All the world’s a stage, all the men and women merely players. Today my cue is a paean to the Mending Basket, also … Continue reading →

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Higher Self Breakthrough

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Who: me and my first husband When: eons ago Where: Heathrow Airport What: a memory sparked by a discussion at A Tree of Light, Community Forum Why: the latest discussion on “Living Through These Times as a Soul” We came … Continue reading →

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Being Ready

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Nancy Wait

  I thought it was always ‘now.’ Ram Das said, “Be here now,” so if I was here, wasn’t it now? Being born with the surname of Wait only helped if I remembered, and ‘to wait’ doesn’t actually mean to … Continue reading →

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Being on Timers

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Nancy Wait

The day I knew I had an inner timer was the day I heard a dinging in my soul. Continue reading →

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this Park, this Brooklyn

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Nancy Wait

This drawing, this park, this Prospect Park, these 526 acres, these remains of Brooklyn’s indigenous forest. This play area with off-leash hours. This Dog Beach just off the Long Meadow at the Pools. This drawing, these dogs, these people, this … Continue reading →

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Apple Trees

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Nancy Wait

I do not have a garden,I do not have a plot of land,I do not have a flowerTo plant and grow by hand.But what I have is paper,What I have is paint,What I have is such an urgeTo draw without … Continue reading →

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Battle Hill

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Two strong and fearless women, one in a glorious helmet and armor decorated with snakes, the other in her crown of seven spikes, her tablet a book of law.
Their eyes lock. Lady Liberty raises her torch with her right hand. Minerva salutes back with her left.

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The Color Orange

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Nancy Wait

On a gray day I went to the greengrocer for orange bell peppers and carrots to eat and to color and draw and digest. Ol’ Blue Eyes said, “Orange is the happiest color.” Van Gogh said, “There is no blue … Continue reading →

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