About: Margaret L. Been
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- http://northernreflections.wordpress.com/
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- Margaret Longenecker Been is a born-again Christian, a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, poet, free lance writer, watercolor--mixed media collage--fiber artist, and lover of life in beautiful Wisconsin. For over 40 years MLB's poetry, essays, and articles have appeared in national and regional publications, including Hearst's COUNTRY LIVING, THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATOR, COUNTRYSIDE, GRIT, and many others. Margaret Longenecker Been has received awards for her writing, from WISCONSIN REGIONAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION annual Jade Ring Contest, the BO CARTER contest, CHRISTIAN WRITERS ALIVE, and the AMY FOUNDATION. She has taught poetry and creative writing workshops for adults and children since 1980, and has published 3 chapbooks.
Posts by Margaret L. Been:
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May 1, 2012 Sometimes we surprise ourselves!
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April 13, 2012 A little common sense helps!
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April 7, 2012 HE IS RISEN!
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April 1, 2012 Celebrating National Poetry Month with Poems for the Soul . . .
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March 6, 2012 Loving each day!
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February 17, 2012 Treasures with a capital “T”
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February 14, 2012 How are you finding this site?
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January 29, 2012 A Little Creativity, Please!
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December 31, 2011 Wishing you . . .
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December 18, 2011 Have a beautiful Christmas!
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Recent Posts
- Sometimes we surprise ourselves!
- A little common sense helps!
- HE IS RISEN!
- Celebrating National Poetry Month with Poems for the Soul . . .
- Loving each day!
- Treasures with a capital “T”
- How are you finding this site?
- A Little Creativity, Please!
- Wishing you . . .
- Have a beautiful Christmas!
- Better than a “forum” . . .
- So very grateful!
- Should we bring food?
- Spry and Sprightly
- That Fine Line
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- A Girl and Her Brush
- Colleen's Photography
- God's Word is True–issues in the contemporary Christian Church
- Ingrid’s Hope Blog
- Joy through Christ–Jen’s Blog
- Living with Chronic Illness and Pain–Lisa Copen's Rest Ministries
- Making a house a home
- Margaret L. Been's "The Messy Palette"
- Margaret L. Been’s Blog–Grace with Salt
- Margaret L. Been’s Blog–Northern Reflections
- Mary's Nest
- Wolfsrosebud Blog