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Autumn Hanging on a Tree

Autumn Hanging on a Tree

by MarianBeaman | Oct 6, 2021 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Gratitude, Uncategorized

The  poet Maren Tirabassi reflects on the life of Christ, depicting autumn leaves showing their beauty, their brilliance, and their fragility–and then falling. Observe her weaving the seasonal into the scriptural, spanning His birth and, eventually, His...
Mary: Face to Face with a Memoir Character

Mary: Face to Face with a Memoir Character

by MarianBeaman | Aug 25, 2021 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Gratitude, meditation, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Reflection, Travel, Uncategorized

When I was a plain, ten-year-old girl, I wanted to looked like Mary. My big brown eyes turned green with envy when Mary Martin and her sister Evelyn walked through the door at Grandma Fannie’s house for holiday dinners. Both were elegantly turned out, resplendent in...
7 Lessons Learned from the 2020-2021 Pandemic

7 Lessons Learned from the 2020-2021 Pandemic

by MarianBeaman | Mar 31, 2021 | blog, Education, Gratitude, meditation, Neighborhood / Environment, Tips, Uncategorized

7 Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Pandemic     1. Family Matters More Than We Realized        Need I say more?   2. We have Unleashed a Revolution in Medicine “One of the biggest lessons we’ve learned from COVID is that the scientific...
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...
My Word: It’s Beyond Me!

My Word: It’s Beyond Me!

by MarianBeaman | Jan 6, 2021 | blog, Gratitude, Lists, Literature, meditation, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Beauty, the word I chose for my focus word for 2020, seemed to mock the events that unfolded in early March and following: the pandemic, political strife, urban uproar all contributed to create a topsy-turvy world. Still, nature cycled through seasons, revealing its...
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...
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