Bloemworks is the Literary Works of Marguerite Bloem!

DEAR FRIENDS; FELLOW WRITERS; AND BOOKLOVERS! I am just writing you to say; that my beautiful books are available for you on Lulu.com; where writers have the wonderful opportunity to create such amazing amazing things; and readers have the lovely opportunity to find them! I have an ever changing growing collection of thoughtful quality literary works; in paperback for you; and will be adding more and more; so stay tuned! Writing is one of my greatest joys; and i am sure my work will please you. My themes; albeit within a fictional context; generally concern family; history; immigration; politics; poverty; art; societies; psychology; language; education; writing; and internationality. All the wonderful things that inform a gentle human life. 27 October 2026🍂 

MY PHYSICAL FORM is paperback; and where once i was thinking small; now i am thinking large; delicious; bold; powerful; free! I am splashing my stories in a gorgeous larger font; across delicious free larger pages for you; with ample room for my stories to breathe; and for you to see and breathe too. My covers are bold; simple; personal; in a beautiful substantial glossy form; that could be beautiful wall-hangings too; unless you want to save them as a book; and read them again and again! Which i think you may want to do; because it is delicious to. 

A few of my books remain smaller; and more delicate; and beautiful too! But in an era of rivers and rivers of junk books; whatever the size of my books; the physical representation is extremely important to me; as of course; the quality of the writing too. I have stood at library kiosks riffling through; and felt despair at what i see. And i would even be embarrassed to print here; or to say aloud to you; some of the cheapest lines that have jumped out at me. And i have sometimes unabashedly asked; where can i find the old classics? And they would simply smile at me with greatest pity.-Oh; dear! It is a time; i suppose. I am documenting a time.🍂

ONE TIME; i brought a donation of old books to the library; having read every guideline by the Friends of the Library; who were of course; soliciting and behind collecting those. But the librarian greeted me barely even halfheartedly; or no more truly; with disdain; and pawed through my donation with indifference; and looked at me with a great pity. You know; books aren't sacred anymore; she  offensively volunteered; though i had not even said they were. But um; what?! And why was she even working there? And then; to add further insult to injury; she said; do you mind if i just throw them away if i want to? But please; Friends of the Library; so to speak! Don't set gentle innocent booklovers up for that! And she and that library will surely not see me again; but have no fear; i am still here; to defend the sweet modest nobility of the book! My own beautiful collection may gently shift; from month to month; year to year; depending on the season; or the holiday; or what is new; or what is in gentle revision! I like to keep things fresh and new! I think my work will please you!🍂🍂

COPYRIGHT BY MARGUERITE BLOEM! All rights reserved; thank you. And no naysayers; please! I am afraid; i have grown afraid; that the world already has far too many of those! It feels an ugly time; an ugly era; let's spread goodwill again.🍂🍂

A Splendor of Books! Bloem

LOOK FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL TITLES! 
The foto above is a fun impressionistic rendering; by my snappy cellphone; of two adjacent pages of one of my books. (Though the actual pages; of course; are white; and the text black then!) Click below to find those books! Only for you! 

The Day They Stole Her Joy Away

That was a very bad day.

The Leaving

Well; she didn't wanna go.

The Labyrinth

She was a brave-assed girl!

The Jazz Meister

Aw! To think; that life could be so sweet.

Fledgling Season

Babies; babies...
Those were good things!

Happy Trails

Find those; make those.

Song Song Blue

Sing it! When you need to.

So Long, Mr. Rogers
We loved you!

And these lovely collections 
of titles!🍂

SCENES FROM AN IMMIGRANT CHILDHOOD; with my dear Dutch-American Leni-girl.

The Leaving

The Labyrinth
And more to come...

MODERN URBAN SOCIAL STUDIES; with my wise; thoughtful; and thoroughly modern Miss Margaux! And sorry girl; about that day. (See below.)

The Day They Stole Her Joy Away

The Jazz Meister

Fledgling Season

Happy Trails
Song Song Blue

So Long; Mr. Rogers

And more to come!

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COPYRIGHT BY MARGUERITE BLOEM!

All rights reserved. Thank You.

Who Is Marguerite Bloem?!

Photo and Text; Copyright Marguerite Bloem; All Rights Reserved.

HERE IS Marguerite in Holland; pre-immigration; already soliciting her future books with her cards; while wearing her most important writing hat.-Read me; buy me! says she. I am a gentle thoughtful older lady; settling into her early seventies now; and i must admit; i am kind of proud of that! Who has been writing; by now; for most of her life! I have also been and done many other things! I was a McDonald's french-fry-maker and fry cook. (They wouldn't let me do the counter because i wouldn't wear makeup. Though i loved to talk to; and to meet people.) I was also a housecleaner; babysitter; Sear's underwear girl; which means i sold underwear. And a library clerk (my favorite job); and systems analyst/programmer; i made my own way through! Well of course; in in immigrant family of six kids; you had to; but i remain proud of that. And so; i was one of the first women in tech; and one of the first programmers! I knew and used all the languages!-Fortran; Cobol; Basic; well; besides English; Dutch; and German; of course. Dutch being my native tongue; but German being my adopted tongue; to help me learn and remember my Dutch; since you couldn't study Dutch in America! Because Germany was always a bigger country; a more powerful country than ours; which perhaps could be good; but once; most distinctly was not. But i was very good at my work; in computers; i mean; and they told me i was talented; i cringed a bit at that; as i associated talent with the arts. And my family was an old European arts family; and so; i have also been; to deliciously buffer a fierce modern world; a lifelong musician too. I have proudly played cello; recorder; accordion; piano; and later; i studied voice and sang in a choir; and ever listening; of course; to the greats; baby; all the greats.-Oh; my! And; most importantly; i was the mama then; of one sweet smart boy; and so; the beat goes gently sweetly on; and cheers! (What i mean is; he has two kitty-kats.) But long live art; beauty; humanity; democracy; and if we must; as we must; fight for that. I write to celebrate beauty; history; and to inspire a future that is based on democracy. 

My parents survived World War Two; and Nazi-occupied Amsterdam; and the worst famine in history; so i am not interested in going backwards. I remain; in this time; most deeply concerned for our immigrants; who are being cruelly harassed in our land; and grateful for all who keep a vigilant watch; and often; lend a generous helping hand. If i could drive; i would do more; but i have remained a Dutch girl; or just; an immigrant.-We were afraid of cars! I am also grateful for Pope Leo; who so powerfully speaks out against war; and travels to extremely difficult countries where there is war.-I like him. When i read of his youth and childhood; i thought; he is my brother! My father would have liked him too. Though he was often jealous when he teased; that my Catholic mother was always in love with her popes and priests; and she would have liked Leo! But most of that was just in play; and he would have respected a good man when he saw one. And well so; there are 500,000 cars in my burg; no; that is true; i looked that up; that is really true! So i am going to buy a pony! 

There is an island in Ireland where there are wild ponies still! So we will keep our pony in our garage; which looks like a dear old farm shed; and i will ride him to the store.-Who knows?! Well; i will be famous; for one. But pretty soon maybe everyone will have a pony; not a car.-I know! So if you move here; be sure to bring your pony!! And; i am going to move to All Creatures Great and Small on PBS; where i will continue to write my books! There are no zipcodes there yet; so find me round the village then; i have grown tired of this world; and all the strongmen of this world; and all the fakers and rakers of this world; meet me at Drovers if you're there! The first drink is on me.🍂marguerite; 27 october 2026

Bloemworks Books by Marguerite Bloem! Clicketty-click the linketty-link for some beautiful thoughtful stories; large and small; in paperback for you; from my modern; or dear old immigrant family life. That was kind of cool; maybe; we were kind of cool.🍂

AND HERE IS a foto of Pope Leo; who i have also mentioned above; who seems one of the most positive voices on the horizon in this day; against what we are hearing in this country these days. This foto is from my daily local; that mostly comes daily; but ja; by the fotographer; Andrew Medichini; AP. 

It is a sweet face; isn't it; that seems full of peace; love; humanity; humility; and forgive me for cropping and tinting a bit; it seemed to deserve a very special treatment. Peace; paz; love.🍂marguerite 

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