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You as a Superhero: Wordless Wednesday

You as a Superhero: Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | May 10, 2023 | blog, Quotations, Uncategorized

If I were a superhero, I’d be known as Typo Man [Woman], the writer of wrongs     What would your Super “name” be? Your special power, large or small?     Stressed? Exhausted? Calm? Check this out May 17,...
What Happened When I Tidied Up My Studio

What Happened When I Tidied Up My Studio

by MarianBeaman | May 3, 2023 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Oh, my word! What a royal mess my writing studio had become. My space looked a fright at the end of March, just before my memoir launch party April 1. On that day friends and family would descend on our home to inspect my second memoir. They’d head for the...
Purple Balloon Announces Launch

Purple Balloon Announces Launch

by MarianBeaman | Apr 5, 2023 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Nostalgia, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized

  Launch Day! Find new book online through Amazon, IndieBound, Barnes & Noble or your favorite bookstore: Check out the “My Books” tab on this website. Or click HERE! Thank you! Blurb: Expect to laugh and cry and experience many emotions in...
My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

by MarianBeaman | Mar 29, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Remember Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison facing off in the movie My Fair Lady, the famous adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s stage play Pygmalion? Spunky girl, Eliza Doolittle, the living, breathing language experiment of Henry Higgins, screams in exasperation when her...
A Ring of Shining Faces

A Ring of Shining Faces

by MarianBeaman | Mar 22, 2023 | blog, popular culture, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized

What have you heard about ring lights? How are these lights used? Why are ring lights so popular? What are the benefits of using one?   According to Mr. Google, dentists first used the ring “flash” light in 1952 for dental photography. Dental clinics now use new...
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