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7 Revelations since My Memoir Launch

7 Revelations since My Memoir Launch

by MarianBeaman | Nov 20, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Mennonite History, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Writing memoir is like “dis-robing in public,” says one author, but only if you are brave enough to include the hard parts, I say.   After my memoir launch on September 14, many details of the first 24 years of my life became public. I voluntarily exposed my self...
Marriage on the Rocks 2019

Marriage on the Rocks 2019

by MarianBeaman | Aug 7, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized

    House on the Rock “There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” ― Homer, The Odyssey   The House Ways and Means Committee For 52 years...
A Marvelous Metal Father’s Day Card

A Marvelous Metal Father’s Day Card

by MarianBeaman | Jun 12, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, neighborhood, Neighborhood / Environment, Romance, Uncategorized

“Whoa, what have we got here?” Daddy Cliff asked as he made a ceremony of pulling a heavy rectangle out of the paper bag. “It’s your Father’s Day card!” Joel exclaimed, looking at his dad’s face, smiling from ear to ear. Eyeballing the odd card, Dad fingered the...
Memoir Progress and a Blossom in a Pear Tree

Memoir Progress and a Blossom in a Pear Tree

by MarianBeaman | Apr 24, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

Pear Tree Blossoms   Blossoms on our pear tree beside the lake peek out   A few at a time Then more . . . and, finally, the pear tree standing in a dress of white blossoms.     Book writing, too, starts small . . . My memoir began as a Kinko-bound...
My Heritage, DNA, and Dani Shapiro

My Heritage, DNA, and Dani Shapiro

by MarianBeaman | Feb 13, 2019 | blog, book review, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized

“I wonder what a DNA test would show. My dad’s Scotch-Irish I think and my mother is full-blooded German. But maybe some other genes are mixed in there,” my husband mused. “Well, there’s one sure way to find out. Get a DNA test,” I replied. And so for Christmas 2018...
Wordless Wednesday: More Than Story Characters

Wordless Wednesday: More Than Story Characters

by MarianBeaman | Feb 6, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized

  Guessing game: The era, the people, the building?    
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