• Book Reviews
  • Mennonite Memoir: A Sampling
  • Privacy Policy
Plain and Fancy Girl
  • Welcome
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Get My Books
Select Page
Secrets from the Game Girl Vault

Secrets from the Game Girl Vault

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...
2020 Vision, Color It Beautiful

2020 Vision, Color It Beautiful

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...
Wordless Wednesday: More Than Story Characters

Wordless Wednesday: More Than Story Characters

by MarianBeaman | Feb 6, 2019 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Uncategorized

  Guessing game: The era, the people, the building?    
Aunt Ruthie’s Diary and a London Family Video

Aunt Ruthie’s Diary and a London Family Video

by MarianBeaman | Dec 5, 2018 | blog, British History, Education, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Nostalgia, Travel, Uncategorized

Do you remember where you were when . . . President Kennedy was assassinated? The Challenger exploded? Planes hit the Twin Towers in New York City? You can probably easily call up your surroundings when these cataclysmic events happened. But you most likely don’t...
Aunt Ruthie as a 100-year old: Her Diary Speaks

Aunt Ruthie as a 100-year old: Her Diary Speaks

by MarianBeaman | Oct 3, 2018 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Quotations, Uncategorized

My Aunt Ruthie died at age 98 1/2, so she never reached 100, a goal I sensed she hoped for in her healthy years. But she did celebrate birthdays on October 4 every year before then. Some happily in elder days.     Other celebrations had mixed results as her...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Translate Page

Read the Latest

  • Writers Robbie, Debby, and Pam: Creative Acts
  • Coffee, Tea, or Shake – What’s in Your Breakfast Cup?
  • Riveting Reads? Maybe, Maybe Not

Search By Category

  • Amish (8)
  • Amish fiction (4)
  • Award (7)
  • blog (455)
  • book review (92)
  • British History (3)
  • chalk drawing (4)
  • Christmas (9)
  • Cliff Beaman artist (98)
  • Coming of Age (144)
  • Conflict (95)
  • Easter (13)
  • Education (123)
  • Family / Nostalgia (500)
  • Folk Songs of the South (3)
  • Gratitude (61)
  • Kiev Ukraine (5)
  • Lists (41)
  • Literature (132)
  • meditation (161)
  • Memory (239)
  • Mennonite History (201)
  • Mennonite Lore (328)
  • neighborhood (34)
  • Neighborhood / Environment (33)
  • Nostalgia (252)
  • Novel writing (8)
  • Novel writing (7)
  • Paska (5)
  • popular culture (83)
  • Purple Passage (26)
  • Quilt (12)
  • Quotations (280)
  • Recipes (54)
  • Reflection (125)
  • Romance (35)
  • Southern lady friends (15)
  • Tips (129)
  • Travel (67)
  • Tree surgery (4)
  • Ukraine (6)
  • Uncategorized (646)
  • Facebook
  • X
  • RSS
© Marian Beaman - Just a Plain & Fancy Girl - Contact us regarding problems with site.