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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...
7 Revelations since My Memoir Launch

7 Revelations since My Memoir Launch

by MarianBeaman | Nov 20, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Mennonite History, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Writing memoir is like “dis-robing in public,” says one author, but only if you are brave enough to include the hard parts, I say.   After my memoir launch on September 14, many details of the first 24 years of my life became public. I voluntarily exposed my self...
Playing Word Games with Marian and Jill

Playing Word Games with Marian and Jill

by MarianBeaman | Nov 13, 2019 | Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore

The blurb on the back cover of Mennonite Daughter begins:  What if  the Mennonite life young Marian Longenecker chafed against offered the chance for a new beginning?   It continues: What if  her two Lancaster County homes with three generations of family were...
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