by MarianBeaman | Apr 22, 2020 | blog, Conflict, Education, Literature, Quotations
Sheltering in Place Shielding masks Social distancing SOAP – and plenty of it! These are expressions seldom heard before mid-March 2020 when I noticed the Covid-19 virus had spread to became a pandemic. Scientists speculate that a 55-year old person from Hubei...
by MarianBeaman | Apr 8, 2020 | Literature, meditation, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized
April Yamasaki is hosting Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl this week. April, a Mennonite pastor and editor of Purpose magazine, is author of more than a dozen books, including Sacred Pauses and Four Gifts, a book I have reviewed. We’ve been online friends...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 18, 2020 | blog, book review, Literature, meditation, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Uncategorized
Do you have 20/20 Vision? I hope so, but if not, maybe you get by with a little help from your friends, as I do: Eyeglasses help So does my ophthalmologist Artist Monet suffered from cataracts in both eyes, but still produced lovely impressionistic...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 11, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations
Someone has said, “Grandfather clocks come with two simple instructions” First, don’t let it run down Second, don’t wind it too tight Aunt Ruthie’s grandfather clock sat in a corner of the sitting room, a fixture during most...
by MarianBeaman | Feb 19, 2020 | Award, blog, Conflict, Literature, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations, Romance, Tips, Uncategorized
Writers don’t usually get recognition beginning at age 80. And often they don’t write steamy sagas at that age either. Yet Roberta George, a Valdosta, Georgia author, has been nominated for a Townsend Prize, so says a review of her novel, The Day’s Heat,...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 8, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized
The Riddle What is black and red and green with seven significant flames? The Answer The candles of Kwanzaa, an observance designed to review the old year and establish goals for the new. The word Kwanzaa is a Swahili word and means “first...
