by MarianBeaman | Sep 21, 2016 | blog, Education, Literature, Memory, Uncategorized
Introducing Joan I met Joan Z. Rough on Chincoteague Island in February 2015, having become blog buddies months earlier. When we met on this writers’ retreat, Joan was using the Scrivener tool to revise and edit the manuscript for a memoir of the 7-year slice of her...
by MarianBeaman | Aug 24, 2016 | Education, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Nostalgia, Reflection, Uncategorized
Flop – flop – floppity – bop bop! That was the sound of grandson Ian’s heavy plastic bag of supplies bouncing off his left leg walking into orientation last week at Mandarin Oaks Elementary School. I didn’t pay too much attention to its contents until I helped him...
by MarianBeaman | Jul 20, 2016 | blog, book review, Education, Literature, Uncategorized
Remember the Beverly Hillbillies? The Clampetts strike oil in the Ozarks and move to Beverly Hills in a rags-to-riches sitcom of the 1960s. Of an entirely different era and social class, diarist Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of the 6th American President, John...
by MarianBeaman | Jun 15, 2016 | blog, book review, Education, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized
In last week’s post Paring Down and Tidying Up, I referred to Marie Kondo’s New York Times best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up. Her book has sold over 5 million copies and is being translated into 40 languages. I promised you a review...
by MarianBeaman | Apr 27, 2016 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
I missed National Pet Day on April 11 by a few weeks. But if you own a dog like Scotty or a kitty cat named Sophie, every day of the year is pet day. In 4th grade, I drew a cat and colored it charcoal gray. It appears I was as interested in making the wallpaper pretty...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 16, 2016 | blog, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
A Shock to Our Systems Do you live where Daylight Saving Time has gone into effect recently? If so, today you may feel out of sync, sleep-deprived. The loss of even one hour of sleep pushes one’s biorhythms out of kilter. Who’s to Blame: Daylight Saving Time In...
