by MarianBeaman | Jul 19, 2023 | meditation, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Neighborhood / Environment, Nostalgia, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized
Crista’s Cats Our daughter with husband and their daughter are visiting Florida State University in preparation for our grand-daughter’s first year of college. Gone for nearly three days, they have charged the grandparents—us—with the care of their cats, a menagerie...
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...
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...
by MarianBeaman | Feb 22, 2023 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Nostalgia, popular culture, Reflection, Romance, Uncategorized
Guess who is celebrating a 10th blogiversary this month? Two bloggers I happily follow have bragging rights to 10-years’ blogging. They are faithful commenters on my blog too. Drum roll please for. . . Marie Washington who blogs about writing and life at El...
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...
by MarianBeaman | Aug 3, 2022 | blog, book review, Cliff Beaman artist, Coming of Age, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, meditation, Memory, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized
The Emerald City lies in the center of the Land of Oz, at the end of the yellow brick road in Frank Baum’s fabled story, The Wizard of Oz, first published in 1900. In the center of the city is the fairy-tale Palace where the redoubtable Wizard resides. ...
