Just a reminder that Peggy, a long-time follower, will be choosing the name of the winner for the Little Village Giveaway at my appearance at Odyssey Books in South Hadley tomorrow evening. If you have written a review of my book, and you have not let me know you’d like to enter, please do. If you have been meaning to write something and haven’t, […]
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Anonymous wrote: What are some of the “secrets” the Amish keep from outsiders? Does the “Pow Wow” type of healing really work? How did it get started? Has it ever been done on/to you? What are some of the confessions you heard made by other Amish in church? Were any of them strange?Who confessed more men or women? I don’t
Karen wrote: When you were in the Amish, were you aware of the fascination the English had with the Amish? When you were around the English in a public setting, did you ever feel like you were a bit of a living museum (for lack of a better description)?It seems as though amish women, although given few real choices throughout their
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Deanna wrote: How do they deal with the issue of practically everyone being related? Deanna, this question deserves a longer answer, because it is quite complicated. In my opinion, the Amish are going to need to address this issue, because the gene pool is so very concentrated and becomes more so with each generation. It is very common for Amish young
Deanna wrote: I have so many questions. But I’ll ask two. I didn’t read the other questions (I’m in a bit of a hurry here) so I hope I don’t duplicate. How often do the Amish bathe? I would think that with no electricity, it would be difficult to have enough hot water to make it very easy to bathe often. Do
I thought I would get a chance to do another blog posting before now, but life is full for us at the moment. On Saturday, I spoke at the Greenfield Public Library, which was a fun group. People asked very good questions, which is fast becoming my favorite part of my talks. People are curious about many aspects of Amish
