by MarianBeaman | Jan 15, 2014 | Literature, meditation, Memory, Nostalgia, Purple Passage, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized
VISIONS and DREAMS for 2014 A man must have dreams–memory dreams of the past and eager dreams of the future. I never want to stop reaching for new goals. – Maurice Chevalier Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 8, 2014 | Coming of Age, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized
Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret-room Piled high with cases in my father’s name, Piled high, packed large,—where, creeping in and out Among the giant fossils of my past, Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs Of a mastodon, I...