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Love Letters 2020

Love Letters 2020

by MarianBeaman | Feb 12, 2020 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, popular culture, Uncategorized

In early February, ten church friends and I enjoyed a matinee production of Love Letters at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre in Jacksonville.   Before the show, my new friends (not to be confused with my special Southern Lady friends) and I feasted on one of the two:...
Classmate Carol Shares Secrets

Classmate Carol Shares Secrets

by MarianBeaman | Feb 5, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized

Last week, Carol Reighter and her husband John met Cliff and me at Panera in Jacksonville. I knew Carol from Elizabethtown Area High School as Carol Hall, headed for nursing school in Harrisburg after she graduated. My memoir Mennonite Daughter has brought us together...
Thanksgiving Collection II, a Reprise

Thanksgiving Collection II, a Reprise

by MarianBeaman | Nov 27, 2019 | Family / Nostalgia, Gratitude, Memory, Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized

This  post first appeared on Nov 27, 2013, the year I began blogging. The grandchildren pictured near the end of this post are much older now, but the expression of gratitude remains the same. The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Jennie A. Brownscombe (1914) Courtesy...
Tell Us Your Hair Story

Tell Us Your Hair Story

by MarianBeaman | Oct 30, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia

  I’ll go first:   Now it’s your turn!
Quilts and Tractors and Churns, Oh My! Glenn Longenecker’s Farm Museum

Quilts and Tractors and Churns, Oh My! Glenn Longenecker’s Farm Museum

by MarianBeaman | Oct 16, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized

“Why is Glenn Longenecker buying so many antiques?” It was June 2017, and I noticed cousin Glenn was outbidding antique dealers at our Aunt Ruthie’s property sale. He was sitting under the sales tent with several items he already bought huddled...
Wordless Wednesday: Wedding Day Aprons

Wordless Wednesday: Wedding Day Aprons

by MarianBeaman | Aug 28, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized

          Expect a special announcement about my PA book tour next week!  
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