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...
by MarianBeaman | Apr 5, 2023 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Nostalgia, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized
Launch Day! Find new book online through Amazon, IndieBound, Barnes & Noble or your favorite bookstore: Check out the “My Books” tab on this website. Or click HERE! Thank you! Blurb: Expect to laugh and cry and experience many emotions in...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 29, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized
Remember Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison facing off in the movie My Fair Lady, the famous adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s stage play Pygmalion? Spunky girl, Eliza Doolittle, the living, breathing language experiment of Henry Higgins, screams in exasperation when her...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 22, 2023 | blog, popular culture, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized
What have you heard about ring lights? How are these lights used? Why are ring lights so popular? What are the benefits of using one? According to Mr. Google, dentists first used the ring “flash” light in 1952 for dental photography. Dental clinics now use new...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 1, 2023 | blog, Education, Lists, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized
Do you ever nap? Do you take a morning or afternoon snooze? I can easily summon an image of Grandma Fannie Longenecker flopping down in a lounge chair with her feet elevated usually after her noon meal. When her feet, laced up in black heels had 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...