by MarianBeaman | Jan 18, 2014 | Coming of Age, Conflict, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite Lore, Reflection, Uncategorized
This week we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, a tribute to the man with a vision for racial equality in the twentieth century and beyond. Just so, this post pays tribute to his dream and his legacy through a Mennonite lens. “Jesus Loves the Little Children, All...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 15, 2014 | Literature, meditation, Memory, Nostalgia, Purple Passage, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized
VISIONS and DREAMS for 2014 A man must have dreams–memory dreams of the past and eager dreams of the future. I never want to stop reaching for new goals. – Maurice Chevalier Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 11, 2014 | Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Memory, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
Today I have reached a milestone, 100 blog posts and counting. Thank you, thank you for all your clicks, views, and commentary so far. I am commemorating this event in pictures. Blogging is like life, up and down, sad and happy, rain and shine, day in and day out....
by MarianBeaman | Jan 8, 2014 | Coming of Age, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized
Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret-room Piled high with cases in my father’s name, Piled high, packed large,—where, creeping in and out Among the giant fossils of my past, Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs Of a mastodon, I...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 2, 2014 | Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Recipes, Uncategorized
New year, new opportunity: Vote for My Gutsy Story @ http://soniamarsh.com/2013/12/vote-for-your-favorite-december-2013-my-gutsy-story.html Haven’t read it yet? There’s still time!...
by MarianBeaman | Jan 1, 2014 | Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized
Here is a postcard from precisely 100 years ago: Grandma Fannie Martin Longenecker’s New Year’s greeting passed down to me and then to our daughter Crista who now displays it in a frame with her holiday decorations: They were called penny postcards for a...
