by MarianBeaman | Jan 27, 2021 | blog, popular culture, Uncategorized
How German pilot celebrated the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine in December 2020 Is the Covid-19 vaccine available in your area? Do you plan to get the vaccine when it is offered?
by MarianBeaman | Jan 20, 2021 | blog, book review, Conflict, popular culture, Quotations, Travel, Uncategorized
Almost exactly one year ago this week, Liesbet, Mark, and Maya visited our home, via their RV Zesty. I wrote about our 4-hour visit HERE. Liesbet and I spent part of the time discussing her work-in-progress memoir, PLUNGE, here just a manuscript on her Tablet...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 13, 2021 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, popular culture, Uncategorized
The surge of the Covid-19 virus and the ensuing lockdown launched nearly a year of frantic baking and a run on flour and sugar in the grocery aisles. What first had become a coping mechanism during the pandemic has perhaps evolved into a new pastime (or passion) as...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 6, 2021 | blog, Gratitude, Lists, Literature, meditation, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized
Beauty, the word I chose for my focus word for 2020, seemed to mock the events that unfolded in early March and following: the pandemic, political strife, urban uproar all contributed to create a topsy-turvy world. Still, nature cycled through seasons, revealing its...
by MarianBeaman | Dec 16, 2020 | blog, book review, Christmas, Lists, Tips
Wendy Jayne Scott, my author friend from New Zealand, offers writing prompts to engage young people in storytelling by firing up their imaginations (ages 6-up) Here are 3 examples from her book of 12 prompts: It’s Christmas Eve, and you’re supposed to be tucked...
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