Posts by Saloma Furlong
Wide Open Spaces of the Southwest
Those of us who live in the East often travel north or south, but forget that there is SO MUCH country west of us. When I was traveling through the Southwest, I was just so amazed at the wide open spaces and the diversity of landscapes. It is something everyone must experience in person to…
Read MoreA Visit to the Petrified Forest National Park
There are so many aspects to the Petrified Forest National Park. I’ll provide photos for the various “stations” of our tour through the park in pretty much the order in which we saw them. The Painted Forest Overlooks: These were aptly described in Mem’s travel journals in my last post. Below is a reminder photo.…
Read MoreA Long Way from Middlefield, Ohio
As promised, I am bringing you part of Mem’s travel journal from her cross-country trip. Her trip began out of Middlefield, Ohio on May 1, 1950, when she was 30 years old. I am now 60, twice the age Mem was when she took this trip. I thought of her often during my trip out…
Read MoreTrains and More Trains
Every time I saw a freight train during our trip to the Southwest, I thought of Datt. He loved trains. He seemed to have a nostalgia for them, likely from his days of working on the railroad when he was in his twenties. He had left the Amish to join the military when he was…
Read MoreMountains and Freedom
I have always loved mountains. I often wonder where this came from, given I grew up in northeastern Ohio, where barely a hill, and no mountains, are to be found. During my Amish teaching days, when I lived in a little house of my own, I had a calendar picture with the Psalm quoted above,…
Read MoreExperiencing the American Southwest
Oh my! Where do I start in describing what it was like to visit the Southwest for the first time? David and I flew to Denver, rented a car, and drove more than 3,500 miles through Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona in ten days. Awesome does not even begin to describe what we experienced. Over…
Read MoreCatching Up Sunday
It has been ever so long since I’ve written a blog post that I hardly know where to start. I thought it’d been about a month, but it’s even longer than that! So I will attempt to catch up today and then make a concerted effort to stay up with it. About a month ago,…
Read MoreMemories of Sundays in Winters of the Past
The other day I read an article published in a local paper in Aylmer, Ontario Canada called, Hydraulic printing press has been used by local Amish community for 50 years. This is a fascinating story about the way the Amish will adapt technology so that it fits their way of life. It is clear that…
Read MoreHuffpost UK “Life Less Ordinary Series”
Some time ago, I was asked to write a post for the Life Less Ordinary Series for Huffpost UK. Today they published it. Here is an excerpt: I never felt so torn in my life as I did the next morning when David tried taking me aside and asking me whether this was what I…
Read MoreThe Long View and Happy New Year
As usual, I am reflecting on the year that is coming to an end (in just a few hours) and looking forward to the new year, wondering what it will bring. The year 2017 has brought many changes to my life. I am not labeling them good or bad, but merely thinking about their ramifications…
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