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School Daze: Games We Played

by MarianBeaman | Sep 14, 2013 | Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Lists, Memory, Reflection, Uncategorized

Here we are all bunched up together for a photo documenting our excursion from Rheems Elementary School to the library in town about 3 miles away. But we’ll soon board buses, and go back to our two-room school-house in Rheems where we’ll probably have...

Purple Passages iii with Pictures

by MarianBeaman | Sep 11, 2013 | Lists, Purple Passage, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Travel, Uncategorized

Writing & Stories   4.10.99  Why stories are so effective: The best stories begin as mental pictures which turn into personal mirrors before they become insightful windows through which we’re able to view life with greater clarity and understanding.      Anonymous...

Breakfast is Served — with an Oops!

by MarianBeaman | Aug 31, 2013 | Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Recipes, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized

Before I dashed off to my college classes each morning, I had a 10-minute oasis of breakfast time around 6:30. With a modest-size repast of tea and lemon, bagel with peanut butter or cream cheese + a piece of fruit, I told God, “Thank you for this food and the leisure...
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