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The Best Hostess Gift Ever

The Best Hostess Gift Ever

by MarianBeaman | Jun 25, 2025 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Gratitude, Memory, Nostalgia, Paska, Travel, Ukraine, Uncategorized

Flowers, a bottle of wine, a box of candy, even a potted plant—these are the gifts guests often choose to present to a gracious host, responding to an invitation.   My neighbor Mila offers both gifts when she comes to our house for lunch or supper. Mila...
Ten Snapshots from My Day

Ten Snapshots from My Day

by MarianBeaman | Jun 11, 2025 | blog, book review, Literature, Neighborhood / Environment, Nostalgia, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized

My home is open today. You are welcome to step inside. Come on in!       After breakfast, I move to the blue velvet chair, the one I use for meditation, Bible reading and prayer with names of people I know and care about written on a prayer card. Sort...
How Nature Heals: The Gift of Spring

How Nature Heals: The Gift of Spring

by MarianBeaman | May 28, 2025 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Romance, Uncategorized

Once Upon  a  Time . . . . . . in a land far away lived a king and queen in a beautiful palace. They had everything in the whole world to make them happy, but the queen was sick and very sad.     She sat in her chair by the window and thought, “Oh, I wish I...
True Love Finds a Way: Walking the Salt Path

True Love Finds a Way: Walking the Salt Path

by MarianBeaman | May 14, 2025 | Award, blog, book review, British History, Conflict, Memory, Quotations, Travel, Uncategorized

What if you lost your home? lost your livelihood? had a dire diagnosis?   With triple trauma, Raynor Winn, armed with Paddy Dillon’s guidebook and husband Moth with a copy of Beowulf, embark on a 630-mile walk on the sea-swept South West Coast Path. From Somerset...
Sarah and Isaac, mother and son: Wordless Wednesday

Sarah and Isaac, mother and son: Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | Apr 2, 2025 | blog, meditation, Quotations, Uncategorized

  A Miracle!     Time for me to refresh. . . see you soon!
Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing

by MarianBeaman | Mar 19, 2025 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

It’s sometimes easy to spot too much of a good thing!     An Overeaters’ Tanka Fried chicken and pie Burger with bun, cookies too Huge slice choc’late cake Oh, you sure must wish to die Too much of a good thing—fie! ©MLB  2025 A Tanka is a...
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