by MarianBeaman | Apr 7, 2021 | blog, book review, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Southern lady friends, Uncategorized
This past year has been like a treadmill trek with the degrees of incline jacked up higher every (day, week, month). The news generally has been grim. Have you felt a need for lightness and joy? I certainly have! Goodreads Review: Between Heaven and...
by MarianBeaman | Jun 10, 2020 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Nostalgia, popular culture, Southern lady friends, Uncategorized
I like to play games! Check all that apply: ___ Board games ___Solitaire ___Sudoku ___Crossword puzzles ___Other (__________________) I hate playing games! Check all that apply: ___Games are pointless, a waste of time. ___I never win. ___I’d rather talk to...
by MarianBeaman | Sep 11, 2019 | blog, book review, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Southern lady friends, Tips, Uncategorized
Marketing my memoir marks a significant milestone to all that has gone before: Beginning a blog, learning to know other authors, writing reviews for their books. Then, with my own book Writing drafts Revising Developmental Editing Copyediting Layout and Design...
by MarianBeaman | Jul 24, 2019 | blog, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Romance, Southern lady friends, Uncategorized
My 5-Year Pregnancy is ending! Announcing an Imminent Book Birth, Mennonite Daughter: The Story of a Plain Girl Book Birth Date: Launch party, September 14, 2019, Jacksonville, Florida Book Blurb What if the Mennonite life young Marian Longenecker...
by MarianBeaman | Feb 3, 2016 | blog, Christmas, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Nostalgia, Recipes, Southern lady friends, Uncategorized
Oops! An apple cake with half the recipe batter left out . . . the baked remainders landing on the floor. Double dumb mistakes. That’s not the way I envisioned marking my 300th blog post. The Plan To mark this milestone, grandson Curtis and I planned to make an apple...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 31, 2015 | Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Quotations, Southern lady friends, Uncategorized
Do you have winter fun – sledding, tobogganing, ice skating, even skiing? Maybe now it’s a vicarious experience with kids or grandkids. I wrote about it last year in another post. Since then, I’ve paged through albums to find photos of our Floridian...