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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. ...
Ukraine: The Homeland of Ellie’s World

Ukraine: The Homeland of Ellie’s World

by MarianBeaman | Mar 2, 2022 | blog, book review, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Kiev Ukraine, Mennonite History, Quotations, Travel, Ukraine, Uncategorized

I received a copy of Elfrieda Schroeder’s memoir, Ellie’s World, about a month ago. Though eastern Europe was rumbling louder in the news in early February, I had no idea how timely her story would be considering the horrific events of this past week....
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...
February Photos with Tulips and Chimney Smoke

February Photos with Tulips and Chimney Smoke

by MarianBeaman | Feb 16, 2022 | blog, Gratitude, Literature, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Reflection

Find the Colors in this Urban Afternoon Reflection   February A chimney, breathing a little smoke. The sun, I can’t see making a bit of pink I can’t quite see in the blue. The pink of five tulips at five p.m. on the day before March first. The green...
Stop, Look, and Listen with a Lego Figure: Snowy Woods at Dusk

Stop, Look, and Listen with a Lego Figure: Snowy Woods at Dusk

by MarianBeaman | Feb 2, 2022 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Neighborhood / Environment, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

If you arrived here harried and harangued, or feeling hollow. . . .   YOU ARE INVITED TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. . . . . . to contemplate Frost’s Stopping by a Woods on a Snowy Evening. This rendition features a Lego character with a German-speaking narrator:  ...
What is Your Window View Today? Wordless Wednesday

What is Your Window View Today? Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | Jan 26, 2022 | blog, Literature, meditation, Quotations, Reflection

          Limited time, Pre-Valentine Offer for you or a loved one: Mennonite Daughter (see below)               Enjoy the love story,  Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl Kindle, in full  color:...
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