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Wordless Wednesday: Sleigh Ride

Wordless Wednesday: Sleigh Ride

by MarianBeaman | Jan 29, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, neighborhood, Uncategorized

A Souper Day!

A Souper Day!

by MarianBeaman | Jan 15, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Recipes, Ukraine, Uncategorized

  Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor. ~ Marge Kennedy   Has a tub of soup or stew been bubbling away on your stove tops lately? At the...
2020 Vision, Color It Beautiful

2020 Vision, Color It Beautiful

by MarianBeaman | Jan 8, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized

The Riddle What is black and red and green with seven significant flames?   The Answer The candles of Kwanzaa, an observance designed to review the old year and establish goals for the new.     The word Kwanzaa is a Swahili word and means “first...
A New Face in My Memoir Photos

A New Face in My Memoir Photos

by MarianBeaman | Dec 18, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

Late Thursday afternoon last week, I watched Howard Landis walk toward our door, his wife Faythe following him. Facebook had revealed that Howard is related to me through Fannie Martin Longenecker, my maternal Grandmother. Now they had responded to our invitation to...
Fred, Bunny, Eva and I Reckon with Forgiveness

Fred, Bunny, Eva and I Reckon with Forgiveness

by MarianBeaman | Dec 11, 2019 | blog, book review, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized

What do Fred Rogers, Ruth Graham, Eva Kor, and I have in common? Read on to find out! During the 2019 holiday season, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” has played in theatres all across the nation. The movie is a tribute to Fred Rogers, the legend of children’s...
Grandpa Vogt’s Christmas Table

Grandpa Vogt’s Christmas Table

by MarianBeaman | Dec 4, 2019 | blog, Christmas, meditation, Mennonite History, Uncategorized

    Dr. Benjamin Vogt, my instructor in a Family History course I took in 2015 via publishing entrepreneur Jane Friedman, is a poet, gardener, and author of creative non-fiction. With his permission, I am printing this poem from the collection entitled...
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