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Four Months, Four Gifts, My Father’s Day Reflection

Four Months, Four Gifts, My Father’s Day Reflection

by MarianBeaman | Jun 14, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized

A young mother, my mom had her little, black box camera handy to capture photos of me growing up.   From infant to teen, my image appears alone, with sisters, and sometimes with my daddy. This week, before Father’s Day, I’m reviewing photos encased in albums from...
A Dozen Random Photos from My iPhone

A Dozen Random Photos from My iPhone

by MarianBeaman | May 31, 2023 | blog, Education, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Quotations, Reflection, Romance, Uncategorized

12 Random Photos from My iPhone   “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.”    ~ Katie Thurmes “A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.”     ~ Eudora Welty   Pinterest image   Sisters Sisters Jan and Jean...
Stressed, Exhausted, or Calm? Check out your Mood

Stressed, Exhausted, or Calm? Check out your Mood

by MarianBeaman | May 17, 2023 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

What’s Your Mood? “I often felt blue when my children were younger and my husband and I were beginning our careers. Hormones could have also played a role in my emotional roller-coaster rides. I thought then too that a kick to our household finances and help from a...
What Happened When I Tidied Up My Studio

What Happened When I Tidied Up My Studio

by MarianBeaman | May 3, 2023 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Oh, my word! What a royal mess my writing studio had become. My space looked a fright at the end of March, just before my memoir launch party April 1. On that day friends and family would descend on our home to inspect my second memoir. They’d head for the...
Purple Balloon Announces Launch

Purple Balloon Announces Launch

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...
My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

by MarianBeaman | Mar 29, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Remember Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison facing off in the movie My Fair Lady, the famous adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s stage play Pygmalion? Spunky girl, Eliza Doolittle, the living, breathing language experiment of Henry Higgins, screams in exasperation when her...
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