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The Boy with a Dream and a Cure

The Boy with a Dream and a Cure

by MarianBeaman | Sep 29, 2021 | blog, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized

The Boy with a Dream and a Cure   True Story In the nineteenth century, a Member of Parliament went to Scotland to make an important speech. He travelled to Edinburgh by train, then took a horse-drawn carriage southward to his destination. But the roads were bad...
What I Learned from Chef Molly Yeh

What I Learned from Chef Molly Yeh

by MarianBeaman | Sep 15, 2021 | blog, popular culture, Recipes, Uncategorized

Molly Yeh,  a Chinese-Jewish American chef, cooks tasty dishes on the Food Network. In a show titled Girl Meets Farm, Molly is equally at home with baking challah as using chopsticks.     “Molly Yeh attended the Juilliard School in New York City to...
Wordless Wednesday: Glass Sculpture

Wordless Wednesday: Glass Sculpture

by MarianBeaman | Sep 8, 2021 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, popular culture, Travel, Uncategorized

  Your thoughts on the photo?   Reply below to enter a drawing to win an e-copy of Mennonite Daughter, photos and artwork in full color. Contest winner will be chosen via random.org and announced next Wednesday. Thank you! Indicate if you want to be entered...
Bobby: My Ideal Reader

Bobby: My Ideal Reader

by MarianBeaman | Jul 27, 2021 | blog, book review, neighborhood, popular culture, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized

Bobby Oliver read my book, Mennonite Daughter, and reviewed it the same week. Bobby is the ideal reader and reviewer, but he is certainly not my typical reader. Seven of the Amazon reviews of The Story of a Plain Girl are from men. Women are more apt than men to pick...
The One-armed Piano Maestro: A Memorial Day Tribute

The One-armed Piano Maestro: A Memorial Day Tribute

by MarianBeaman | May 26, 2021 | blog, meditation, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized

A Memorial Day Tribute   When I play Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto, my goal is to make it sound like I have THREE hands, so says pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.   The Back Story Pianist Paul Wittgenstein who lost his right arm because of a bullet wound in WW I,...
Celebrating YOU: Blog Anniversary Number 8

Celebrating YOU: Blog Anniversary Number 8

by MarianBeaman | Feb 24, 2021 | blog, Coming of Age, Gratitude, Memory, popular culture, Reflection, Uncategorized

Welcome to My Eighth Blogiversary   Please have a cupcake!   Guest of Honor YOU!   You come from all over the globe. If you don’t find your country represented, you can call me out in Comments. Here is a sampling from stats earlier this month: Our...
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