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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...
Purple Balloon Announces Launch

Purple Balloon Announces Launch

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...
My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

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...
A Ring of Shining Faces

A Ring of Shining Faces

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...
Do You Nap? Nine Notes about Napping

Do You Nap? Nine Notes about Napping

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...
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