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7 Mini-Stories from Random Photos

7 Mini-Stories from Random Photos

by MarianBeaman | Oct 9, 2024 | blog, popular culture, Southern lady friends, Tips, Uncategorized

  A picture is worth a 1000 words, so the saying goes. But, sometimes a picture is worth fewer than a thousand words—only a few hundred. The photos below speak for themselves, but most need a little explanation, included with the vignettes below. All of...
Two Novelists and an Author with her Grandson

Two Novelists and an Author with her Grandson

by MarianBeaman | Sep 25, 2024 | blog, book review, Uncategorized

Readers & Writers!    I’m always on a reading spree, but today I pause to share some of my best finds with YOU!   Novelist Alice Hoffman Reading Alice Hoffman’s historical fiction is always a treat for me. Her prose glows as she probes the magic...
Hearty Laughs: Grandma Longenecker and Aunt Ruthie’s

Hearty Laughs: Grandma Longenecker and Aunt Ruthie’s

by MarianBeaman | Sep 11, 2024 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

  Waiting in the sitting room for my dad’s truck to arrive for me, I was a spectator, looking through the mahogany-trimmed doorway into the kitchen. Women with prayer caps, Grandma Longenecker and Aunt Ruthie, were sitting at the gray, Formica-topped table facing...
Rhapsody in Breeze

Rhapsody in Breeze

by MarianBeaman | Aug 28, 2024 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, meditation, Neighborhood / Environment, Quotations, Tips

Like a blushing bride, impeccable from head to toe and listening for the first strains of the Wedding March, works of art require just that: Work and time to re-work. Years ago, as a professor teaching English literature, I introduced students to examples of exquisite...
Take a Break with Liz Gauffreau’s Pleasant Haiku

Take a Break with Liz Gauffreau’s Pleasant Haiku

by MarianBeaman | Aug 22, 2024 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Nostalgia, Reflection, Travel, Uncategorized

I am pleased to be part of author Liz Gauffreau’s blog tour, Day 10. To date, I’ve read Distant Flickers to which Liz contributed a short story and reviewed two of her books, Grief Songs and now Simple Pleasures. Liz shows up regularly to comment on my blog posts....
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