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Who’s Coming to Dinner? Food with Art

by MarianBeaman | Jan 3, 2015 | Education, Quilt, Reflection, Uncategorized

How do you see yourself – Kitchen Goddess, Diva of Design, Mom’s Taxi, Writer Extraordinaire, Care-Taker? Artist Haley Hasler paints herself as a strong woman in super-abundant settings usually with children and often with food. Currently displayed at the...

2014 in review: Plain and Fancy Girl

by MarianBeaman | Dec 30, 2014 | Gratitude, meditation, Uncategorized

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Readers and commenters like you fuel my inspiration. Thank you for your part in a successful year of blogging. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds...
Happy New Year: a card and some flowers

Happy New Year: a card and some flowers

by MarianBeaman | Dec 30, 2014 | Family / Nostalgia, Literature, meditation, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized

Happy New Year!   My wish for you in 2015 and beyond is expressed in a card sent to Grandma Fannie Longenecker in 1913.     And some fresh camellias too! Happy New Year ~~ Happy New Year ~~ Happy New Year Next post in January 2015: Who’s Coming...

Purple Passages, Time and Tiny Tim, December 2014

by MarianBeaman | Dec 27, 2014 | Education, Gratitude, meditation, Purple Passage, Quotations, Uncategorized

Christmas: Time to Feel the Spirit Christmas is not [just] a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.  – President Calvin Coolidge I will honor Christmas in my heart, and...

The Longenecker Christmas Tree & Charlie Brown

by MarianBeaman | Dec 24, 2014 | Uncategorized

This post first appeared Christmas 2013. The trees are similar, the presents are different, but the message never changes. Blessings to all my readers and commenters this past year!
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