by MarianBeaman | Feb 20, 2019 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Tips, Uncategorized
You are invited to my cover reveal today February 20, 2019 My memoir reflects the first 24 years of my life as a Mennonite girl *** Would you buy this book? It takes a few seconds (1-2 eye-blinks) for readers to decide whether to buy a book...
by MarianBeaman | Mar 5, 2014 | Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Nostalgia, Reflection, Uncategorized
Looking at indistinct footage from 16 millimeter home movies of the 1950s has invited me to examine from a distance the much younger, and in many ways different, version of myself. Not surprisingly, I appear in the “mothering” mode in many of the shots. I...
