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How to Watch a Hallmark Movie

How to Watch a Hallmark Movie

by MarianBeaman | Sep 27, 2023 | Amish fiction, book review, Conflict, Literature, popular culture, Quotations, Romance, Uncategorized

Turn on Hallmark Channel   Watch for Glamorous female character, with swirling, highlighted hair and bright eyes.   Note two handsome hunks: One real-estate mogul, loaded but with zero personality The other, a poor artist (or writer) with heart of gold...
1000 Grandmas Standing Strong: Wordless Wednesday

1000 Grandmas Standing Strong: Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | Aug 23, 2023 | blog, Conflict, Education, popular culture, Uncategorized

  School of the Americas poster, circa 2001            Carolyn Phanstiel archives    
Crista’s Cats, Ruthie’s Fritzie and the Dog Days of Summer

Crista’s Cats, Ruthie’s Fritzie and the Dog Days of Summer

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...
Fantasy Fireworks and a Special Offer

Fantasy Fireworks and a Special Offer

by MarianBeaman | Jul 5, 2023 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, popular culture, Quotations

Roz Chast’s June 19 magazine cover is explosive! She imagines shopping for novelty fireworks in a store of her own wild imagination:   Friendship Ender Lawsuit Huge Rent Increase Pointless Rage Shingles Root Canal Sense of Doom Red Tape Guilt Bomb    ...
Book Trailer Goes Live! Scenes from My Checkered Life

Book Trailer Goes Live! Scenes from My Checkered Life

by MarianBeaman | Jun 21, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, popular culture, Romance, Uncategorized

Find Book Here Thank you!   Book Trailer Credits   Design and Editing in Première Pro Clifford Beaman American Art Assemblies LLC   Music Adobe Tutorial  “Ovens of Cappoquin” Jolly Irish Tune_100126393-jolly-irish-tune.wav   Sound Effects Adobe...
Finding Treasures in Night of Miracles

Finding Treasures in Night of Miracles

by MarianBeaman | May 24, 2023 | blog, book review, Education, Literature, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized

I read to relax, to be entertained, and to learn something new. Learning something new is what happened recently as I turned the pages of Mary Pipher’s Writing to Change the World, a book chock-full of scholarly references and bunches of quotable lines, ending with...
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