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Holiday Special 2024

Holiday Special 2024

by MarianBeaman | Nov 27, 2024 | blog, Christmas, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

My Gift to You! Click Here for Holiday Special! Thank you!
Two Points of Light

Two Points of Light

by MarianBeaman | Nov 20, 2024 | blog, Gratitude, meditation, popular culture, Uncategorized

  Kindness and Gratitude: a November Meditation May I be grateful And express through kindly deeds My paéon of praise.
The Riddle of Mellow Music

The Riddle of Mellow Music

by MarianBeaman | Nov 6, 2024 | blog, Coming of Age, Education, Nostalgia, Reflection, Uncategorized

  It’s disgraceful—displaying a perfectly good violin as an ornament, but there it is—on top of my piano propped on a small brass easel! The thing is, it’s not perfectly good: the G string is missing altogether, a black peg has broken off the neck,...
Sex and the Sago Palms in our Back Yard

Sex and the Sago Palms in our Back Yard

by MarianBeaman | Oct 23, 2024 | blog, neighborhood, Neighborhood / Environment, Reflection, Uncategorized

My iPhone, sleek and neat in its azalea-colored bumper, is the linkage to my past and present worlds. Two weeks ago I published a blog post featuring snaps from my iPhone, one picture about a sago palm tree on our patio.   Now I’m musing about another...
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...
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