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Fantasy Fireworks and a Special Offer

Fantasy Fireworks and a Special Offer

by MarianBeaman | Jul 5, 2023 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, popular culture, Quotations

Roz Chast’s June 19 magazine cover is explosive! She imagines shopping for novelty fireworks in a store of her own wild imagination:   Friendship Ender Lawsuit Huge Rent Increase Pointless Rage Shingles Root Canal Sense of Doom Red Tape Guilt Bomb    ...
Four Months, Four Gifts, My Father’s Day Reflection

Four Months, Four Gifts, My Father’s Day Reflection

by MarianBeaman | Jun 14, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized

A young mother, my mom had her little, black box camera handy to capture photos of me growing up.   From infant to teen, my image appears alone, with sisters, and sometimes with my daddy. This week, before Father’s Day, I’m reviewing photos encased in albums from...
A Dozen Random Photos from My iPhone

A Dozen Random Photos from My iPhone

by MarianBeaman | May 31, 2023 | blog, Education, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Quotations, Reflection, Romance, Uncategorized

12 Random Photos from My iPhone   “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.”    ~ Katie Thurmes “A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.”     ~ Eudora Welty   Pinterest image   Sisters Sisters Jan and Jean...
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...
Stressed, Exhausted, or Calm? Check out your Mood

Stressed, Exhausted, or Calm? Check out your Mood

by MarianBeaman | May 17, 2023 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

What’s Your Mood? “I often felt blue when my children were younger and my husband and I were beginning our careers. Hormones could have also played a role in my emotional roller-coaster rides. I thought then too that a kick to our household finances and help from a...
You as a Superhero: Wordless Wednesday

You as a Superhero: Wordless Wednesday

by MarianBeaman | May 10, 2023 | blog, Quotations, Uncategorized

If I were a superhero, I’d be known as Typo Man [Woman], the writer of wrongs     What would your Super “name” be? Your special power, large or small?     Stressed? Exhausted? Calm? Check this out May 17,...
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