by MarianBeaman | Oct 4, 2023 | blog, book review, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Quotations, Uncategorized
Do you crave sleep? Do you have a hard time going to sleep? Or, staying asleep? Falling Asleep Sleep is a sweet respite from the daily pressures of life. I treasure what Walt Whitman called the “free flight into the wordless, / Away from books, away from...
by MarianBeaman | Sep 27, 2023 | Amish fiction, book review, Conflict, Literature, popular culture, Quotations, Romance, Uncategorized
Turn on Hallmark Channel Watch for Glamorous female character, with swirling, highlighted hair and bright eyes. Note two handsome hunks: One real-estate mogul, loaded but with zero personality The other, a poor artist (or writer) with heart of gold...
by MarianBeaman | Aug 30, 2023 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized
“If we’d open people up, we’d find landscapes.” ~ Agnès Varda I found this provocative line in a book I read recently (You Could Make This Place Beautiful by poet Maggie Smith, whose life has been rooted in Ohio). Seeing this line in her memoir, my mind...
by MarianBeaman | May 24, 2023 | blog, book review, Education, Literature, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized
I read to relax, to be entertained, and to learn something new. Learning something new is what happened recently as I turned the pages of Mary Pipher’s Writing to Change the World, a book chock-full of scholarly references and bunches of quotable lines, ending with...
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...
by MarianBeaman | Feb 8, 2023 | blog, book review, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized
My press-proof copy of My Checkered Life arrived January 31, 2023. It was thrilling to open the package. I found some errors in the press proof, so I submitted a revised version. If all proceeds as I hope, my print book will be available end of...
