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Dog Gone Tired? Wordless Wedneday

Dog Gone Tired? Wordless Wedneday

by MarianBeaman | Aug 24, 2022 | blog, Neighborhood / Environment, popular culture, Uncategorized

    Have you had trouble commenting on my blog lately? One blogger suggested this work-around: If you use the back arrow after the error message appears, fill in your email address and name again. Then your comment should go through, and WordPress will...
Six Quotes from a Cleaned-up Desk

Six Quotes from a Cleaned-up Desk

by MarianBeaman | Jul 27, 2022 | blog, Literature, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Cataclysmic events have rocked our world. This past year we have been confronted with the relentless effects of COVID-19, the unprovoked war in Ukraine, horrific school shootings, the border crisis, continual political unrest–and more. Regardless of your stance...
We Wrote a Novel!

We Wrote a Novel!

by MarianBeaman | May 18, 2022 | blog, book review, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized

Dolly Parton Singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, philanthropist Teams up with Novelist James Patterson Touted as the world’s best-selling author   Tops in their fields, entertainer Dolly Parton and novelist James Patterson are two disparate artists who have...
Living on God’s Gifted Time: A Mennonite Pastor Speaks

Living on God’s Gifted Time: A Mennonite Pastor Speaks

by MarianBeaman | Mar 23, 2022 | blog, book review, Literature, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized

Sociology professor receives a dire diagnosis He is stopped in his tracks He is also a Mennonite pastor How can he find a path forward?   These four lines describe pastor and professor Conrad Kanagy, a Mennonite author who lives with his family in my childhood...
When Marian Subscribed to the Hustler Channel

When Marian Subscribed to the Hustler Channel

by MarianBeaman | Mar 16, 2022 | blog, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Hustler TV is   X-rated Pornographic. . . with naked bodies filling the screen   Though I’m not a fan of formulaic Hallmark movies, I’m more a wholesome-romance-kind-of-woman than the sex-crazed hussies and high-libido men featured on the Hustler Channel. ...
Secrets of My 9-Year Blogging Life

Secrets of My 9-Year Blogging Life

by MarianBeaman | Feb 23, 2022 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Coming of Age, Literature, popular culture, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

  The cartoon is right! I have been blogging nigh onto nine years. Also right: My hair is often a mess when I blog. (I don’t see myself at the computer, so I have to trust the artist’s rendering here.)   Blogging is fun for me. I don’t hate blogging, as the...
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