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Mennonite Daughter Offers Special Promo

Mennonite Daughter Offers Special Promo

by MarianBeaman | Dec 2, 2020 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Uncategorized

Books Make Great Gifts Here’s a Gift to Share!     Discover the charms of living in rural PA in the 1940s-60s Follow the author in her path toward forgiveness     American Link Canadian Link Amazon Universal Link   Thank ...
Thanksgiving 2020: The Silly, the Secular, and the Sacred

Thanksgiving 2020: The Silly, the Secular, and the Sacred

by MarianBeaman | Nov 25, 2020 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Family / Nostalgia, popular culture, Uncategorized

The Silly   Detail, enlarged     The Secular     The Sacred   Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.      ~ Psalm 100:3   KJV   As you approach Thanksgiving...
Eating from Sarah’s Tree of Life

Eating from Sarah’s Tree of Life

by MarianBeaman | Nov 11, 2020 | blog, book review, Family / Nostalgia, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized

Sarah Klassen is a Canadian poet novelist storyteller with Mennonite roots Sarah is 88 years old. Recently Sarah has published her second poetry collection, The Tree of Life, a gem of a book, glowing with color like sunlight filtered through stained glass.  ...
Dr. Katherine Meets Mennonite Daughter

Dr. Katherine Meets Mennonite Daughter

by MarianBeaman | Nov 4, 2020 | blog, Coming of Age, Education, Quotations

Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes is Young Glamorous An accomplished author and speaker   Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes wants to live in a world where lattes are free, lines are short, and people are judged by what’s inside instead of outside. So do I! *** I met...
Fifties Halloween Party with a Modern Writer’s Tip

Fifties Halloween Party with a Modern Writer’s Tip

by MarianBeaman | Oct 28, 2020 | blog, Cliff Beaman artist, Literature, Quotations, Romance, Tips, Uncategorized

Fun House Halloween was a big deal at our two-room school. Every October, the students in my teacher/aunt Miss Longenecker’s lower grades and Mrs. Kilhelfner’s upper-grades skipped class for Halloween amusement in the fun house that transformed the basement of Rheems...
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