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Nostalgia and Aunt Ruthie’s Diary

Nostalgia and Aunt Ruthie’s Diary

by MarianBeaman | Jun 2, 2021 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

Did you know that, Boomers and Gen-Xers are looking back to their youth, collecting . . . Cassette tapes Vinyl LPs Polaroid cameras Manual typewriters . . . even decades old video games   So says, Jeff Nilsson in “Nostalgia is Good For You,” an article from The...
Between Heaven and Mirth: Where Fun is Always ON

Between Heaven and Mirth: Where Fun is Always ON

by MarianBeaman | Apr 7, 2021 | blog, book review, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Southern lady friends, Uncategorized

This past year has been like a treadmill trek with the degrees of incline jacked up higher every (day, week, month). The news generally has been grim. Have you felt a need for lightness and joy? I certainly have!     Goodreads Review: Between Heaven and...
Celebrating YOU: Blog Anniversary Number 8

Celebrating YOU: Blog Anniversary Number 8

by MarianBeaman | Feb 24, 2021 | blog, Coming of Age, Gratitude, Memory, popular culture, Reflection, Uncategorized

Welcome to My Eighth Blogiversary   Please have a cupcake!   Guest of Honor YOU!   You come from all over the globe. If you don’t find your country represented, you can call me out in Comments. Here is a sampling from stats earlier this month: Our...
10 Life Lessons from the Queen

10 Life Lessons from the Queen

by MarianBeaman | Dec 9, 2020 | blog, Coming of Age, Gratitude, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

As Groucho Marx once said, “Anyone can get old — all you have to do is to live long enough.     🙂   But living long enough is not enough, apparently. It’s a good idea to savor life, one well lived. This from an article published recently by Brian Kozlowksi...
Mennonite Daughter Offers Special Promo

Mennonite Daughter Offers Special Promo

by MarianBeaman | Dec 2, 2020 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

Books Make Great Gifts Here’s a Gift to Share!     Discover the charms of living in rural PA in the 1940s-60s Follow the author in her path toward forgiveness     American Link Canadian Link Amazon Universal Link   Thank ...
Nostalgia and Aunt Ruthie’s Diary

Sixteen Year Old Aunt Ruthie Writes about an Election

by MarianBeaman | Nov 18, 2020 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations

“Where have you been hiding?” I asked myself as I discovered a tiny, green volume under three other, larger diaries. Over three years ago, my sisters and I cleared out our Aunt Ruthie’s house. They agreed to my placing her diaries and journals in my suitcase, flying...
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