by MarianBeaman | Nov 6, 2019 | blog, book review, Literature, Memory, Quotations, Uncategorized
This weekend some of us set our clocks back and hour, theoretically regaining the hour we lost last spring. It’s the spring-ahead/fall behind herky-jerky phenom we never quite get used to. Either way, the rhythms of our lives are temporarily interrupted until we...
by MarianBeaman | Oct 30, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia
I’ll go first: Now it’s your turn!
by MarianBeaman | Oct 23, 2019 | blog, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized
Aunt Ruthie’s 1945 Diary tells stories of her daily life, but it also holds clippings of other things, like a bee swarm . . . Cartoonists of this era tried to cram lots of action into one scene. Here’s a detail: ...
by MarianBeaman | Oct 16, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
“Why is Glenn Longenecker buying so many antiques?” It was June 2017, and I noticed cousin Glenn was outbidding antique dealers at our Aunt Ruthie’s property sale. He was sitting under the sales tent with several items he already bought huddled...
by MarianBeaman | Oct 9, 2019 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Travel, Uncategorized
Hands down, meeting readers on tour has been the highlight of the entire memoir publishing and launching business. But first, the launch party in Jacksonville, Florida! Hosted by my trusty Southern Friends, Judy Davis and Carolyn Stoner at Deerwood Country Club, the...
by MarianBeaman | Oct 2, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized
Reply below to win a copy of the newly released Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl. Winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced next Wednesday. Comments to count for the contest will close Friday, October 4 (EDT) at 12:00 noon! ...
