I had originally posted this a few days ago, then Katie’s blog was “lost” again. Several of you wanted to know when/if she got it back, so here is my edited post from a few days ago: Let’s have a good old hand-clapping, foot-stomping, shout-out-with-glee welcome for Comeback Katie! She has started a new blog! It’s called Pinecraft-Sarasota. For those who don’t know, Katie had a […]
A fellow blogger, Liz Pezzuto, writer of 8-Bit Words, posted her thoughts about books versus e-readers. She asked her readers what they thought. I had no idea, until I began writing, just how strongly I felt about this. I decided to post it here as well. What Liz has to say may actually have more validity than what I wrote,
I have a very dear cousin, Martha, with whom I am in touch with via email occasionally. Yesterday I got an email from her in which she had something to say about the discussion about the "English Riddle" that I asked here. She provided what was missing from our discussion… that of how the Mennonite and Amish beliefs differ. Most Amish
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Yesterday an article was published in the Springfield Republican about Why I Left the Amish. Then David was poking around on the Internet and found a review by Lisa Romeo on ForeWord Reviews that was quite a pleasant surprise to us, and another review by N. R. Williams on Good Reads. Nancy was the winner of my giveaway.For a complete list
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For the rest of January, I will be offering my memoir Why I Left the Amish for $18.00 with free shipping anywhere in the continental United States. I simply need to receive your order in the month of January for you to get this deal.To order, please click on the book icon on the right of this page, which takes
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Shirley Showalter, author of the blog 100 Memoirs, has posted a review of my memoir Why I Left the Amish. It is a review that touched me to the point of tears because of the way that she understood the book (and my story), right down to its core. I think she hits the mark between honesty of detail in describing the abuse and
