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Anticipation: Wordless Wednesday

Anticipation: Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | Oct 26, 2022 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Travel, Uncategorized

  What are you anticipating? Inquiring minds would like to know!
Fall in Florida, Autumn Everywhere Else

Fall in Florida, Autumn Everywhere Else

by MarianBeaman | Oct 12, 2022 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Neighborhood / Environment, Quotations, Uncategorized

    The Fantasy of Fall in Florida Somehow “autumn” does not seem properly used in Florida. There is a connotation in the word of flaming color, of sharp change, of hoar frost heavy on cornfields, of all of northern harvest. The sub-tropical fall is so...
How to Swing Ahead

How to Swing Ahead

by MarianBeaman | Sep 14, 2022 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, Quotations, Reflection

Do you remember being pushed as a kid on a swing? Maybe your Mom or Dad, or a big brother or sister gave you a big push. And then another. And another. After a while, your legs started pumping on their own.  Sitting on my mother’s lap, I heard the cadence of a...
Where am I and Who are These People? Wordless Wednesday

Where am I and Who are These People? Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | Sep 7, 2022 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Kiev Ukraine, Travel

          Cover Reveal of Memoir 2 Coming Soon!
How Do You Handle Plan B?

How Do You Handle Plan B?

by MarianBeaman | Aug 31, 2022 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Quotations, Southern lady friends, Tips

Life is All About How You Handle Plan B In 2013, the year I began blogging, my southern friend Carolyn gave me a clever memo pad for my July birthday. I haven’t used many of the chartreuse-colored sheets because I want the packet of pages to stay plump, so I can stand...
What Happened to That New Book You Were Writing?

What Happened to That New Book You Were Writing?

by MarianBeaman | Aug 17, 2022 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, Quilt, Uncategorized

    Last October, I told you, dear Reader, that I was working on another book. I announced that another book was coming down the pipeline with a quilt motif. You can read about my proposal again HERE. In fact, it was prophesied that Book #2 would be...
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