I’ve always loved autumn. Perhaps some of that comes from my childhood memories of the time when summer would change into autumn. I still notice the shift: the days are shorter, the nights cooler, the air gets that fresh and nutty smell, and I change what I cook to accommodate the autumn harvests of apples, pumpkins, winter squash and root […]
It was several years after I left the Amish that I first heard about Hutterites through a magazine article. At the time I was astonished that there could be a third branch of Anabaptists that I had never heard about during my 23 years of living in an Amish community. (The other two are Amish and Mennonites). Since then I
David and I are on Cape Cod this week, doing six book talks in five days. Tonight we got to our hotel, settled in, and then went out to dinner. On the way there, we turned on the radio and I heard my own voice! This was an interview with Mindy Todd, done on Friday. It was pretty weird, hearing
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Life is full right now… David and I are heading to Cape Cod tomorrow. I am delivering five books talks on the Cape, plus one on Martha’s Vineyard to make six in five days. More than a little to do… I appreciate all your good wishes about mending from my bike accident. I am happy to report that I am
Last night after dinner, I had plans… I was going to take a quick spin on my bike with David before it got dark, and then post on my blog. Those plans were suddenly changed. I was just ahead of David coming down over a steep hill when I saw that the pavement was gone from the road in front
This morning I was interviewed on MassAppeal for WWLP, Channel 22 in Springfield, Mass. You can watch the video of it here. This was in preparation for a talk at the Forbes Library this Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM. This was my television debut, so I was really nervous, which comes through in the video. It was clear that Ashley
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