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Purple Passages with a Weather Forecast

by MarianBeaman | Feb 21, 2015 | Education, Lists, Purple Passage, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

To my friends both in the northern and southern hemisphere, some thoughts about the weather. All quotations from BrainyQuotes. Sometimes I wish I was the weather, you’d bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I’d be the talk of the day....

Purple Passages and a Teddy Bear

by MarianBeaman | Oct 15, 2014 | Lists, Literature, Purple Passage, Quotations, Uncategorized

 LEAVES Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.   – Albert Camus Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.   – Jim Bishop Quotation, noun: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.      – Ambrose Bierce...

Happy Birthday, Will!

by MarianBeaman | Apr 23, 2014 | Education, Family / Nostalgia, Literature, Memory, Mennonite Lore, Quotations, Uncategorized

News Flash! To mark Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, “the Royal Shakespeare Company is spearheading a three year Jubilee, between 2014 and 2016, that will involve theatre performances, events and live streaming cinema around the world.” *  *  *  *  * It’s April 23 in my...

Just for Fun: Signs Around Town

by MarianBeaman | Mar 26, 2014 | Education, Family / Nostalgia, neighborhood, Quotations, Tips, Uncategorized

Signs . . . they’re everywhere . . . billboards in the city, stickers on cars, comments on Facebook. I found some wise ones in a novelty shop, on a car, on a piece of paper, on a writer’s sweat shirt. Some you’ve seen before. Others, I hope, are new....

Purple Passages with a Pig – October 2013 edition

by MarianBeaman | Oct 12, 2013 | Coming of Age, Family / Nostalgia, meditation, Mennonite Lore, Purple Passage, Quotations, Uncategorized

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.      Maya Angelou READING “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”   Mason Cooley, aphorist (1927- __ ) “Reading is equivalent to thinking with...
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