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An Old Mistress, a Seasoned Wife Muse on Marriage: Anniversary #56

An Old Mistress, a Seasoned Wife Muse on Marriage: Anniversary #56

by MarianBeaman | Aug 2, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Romance, Tips, Uncategorized

Would you trust marital advice from a long-time mistress? Would you have confidence in a woman who has carried on a clandestine affair with a married man for nearly thirty years?     Yet, the Mistress in this book believes she has wisdom to offer, Advice to...
Crista’s Cats, Ruthie’s Fritzie and the Dog Days of Summer

Crista’s Cats, Ruthie’s Fritzie and the Dog Days of Summer

by MarianBeaman | Jul 19, 2023 | meditation, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Neighborhood / Environment, Nostalgia, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Crista’s Cats Our daughter with husband and their daughter are visiting Florida State University in preparation for our grand-daughter’s first year of college. Gone for nearly three days, they have charged the grandparents—us—with the care of their cats, a menagerie...
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...
What Happened When I Tidied Up My Studio

What Happened When I Tidied Up My Studio

by MarianBeaman | May 3, 2023 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Oh, my word! What a royal mess my writing studio had become. My space looked a fright at the end of March, just before my memoir launch party April 1. On that day friends and family would descend on our home to inspect my second memoir. They’d head for the...
My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

My Fair Lady Advises Mennonite Daughter

by MarianBeaman | Mar 29, 2023 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Conflict, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, popular culture, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Remember Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison facing off in the movie My Fair Lady, the famous adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s stage play Pygmalion? Spunky girl, Eliza Doolittle, the living, breathing language experiment of Henry Higgins, screams in exasperation when her...
A Ring of Shining Faces

A Ring of Shining Faces

by MarianBeaman | Mar 22, 2023 | blog, popular culture, Quotations, Reflection, Tips, Uncategorized

What have you heard about ring lights? How are these lights used? Why are ring lights so popular? What are the benefits of using one?   According to Mr. Google, dentists first used the ring “flash” light in 1952 for dental photography. Dental clinics now use new...
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