I have been working on a website lately. It is still a work in progress, but I’ve launched it. You can…

The idea that parents encourage the youth to sample the world with the hope that this inoculates them against the world…

What made you decide to leave the Amish faith? Until one of my readers asked me this question, I didn’t realize…

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melodie Beattie We had…

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph…

Now I will tell the story of how one of my sisters and I did the unthinkable when Mem was in…

As I look out my window at the patches of snow, and the big, white, billowy clouds scuttling across the sky,…

Even though Western Massachusetts has been thrown back into winter, which doesn’t remind me very much of sugaring weather, I will…

A friend told me some years ago that February is the sunniest month of the year. Since then I’ve taken notice…

Have you read the book “Rumspringa?” If so, do you think it does justice to the dilemma young Amish teens find…

Do the Amish get involved in community politics? I know there have been controversies about electrical lines crossing Amish-owned property and…

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. ~ Joyce Carol Oates One of my readers has asked…

It’s surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. ~ Barbara Kingsolver Happy New Year to everyone!…

Thanks for giving us a fuller view of “rum springa.” I was curious about what traditional courtship would entail. Going out…