Posts by Saloma Furlong
From My Amish World to My Vermont One — The Second Time
David’s “Faithful Charger” outside my parents’ home in 1981 Lately I have been reading my journals that I wrote in the months and years following the second and final time I left my Amish community. I’ve also been reading letters I received from “home” during that time. What I am concluding is that I would…
Read More‘Among’ the Amish but not ‘of’ Them
I apologize to those who do not understand my experience, unless you have walked in “our shoes” it probably does not make much sense. I love being “home” ! ~ Delmar Martin First I want to thank everyone for contributing to the lively discussion about the decision David and I are facing of where to…
Read MoreAnother Crossroads
I promised a while ago that I would reveal our future plans. Since then, our plans have changed several times over. So the short answer to where we will be moving once the house sells is: we don’t know for sure. We put our house on the market partly because David’s job situation is tenuous,…
Read MoreBook Review: “Breakaway Amish” by Johnny Mast with Shawn Smucker
It’s hard to believe people can become so dependent on a man that they’ll want him back even after he does terrible things. ~ Johnny Mast Do you remember hearing about the “renegade Amish” from Bergholz, Ohio, who forcibly cut the hair and beards of Amish people in other communities, and how the leader of…
Read MoreVirtual Tour of Our Home
I am still aiming to write that book review soon. I thought I would share what I’ve been doing in the meantime. After much thought about what we want our future to look like, David and I have decided to put our house on the market. We have it on the market for sale by…
Read MoreOur Attic Space Before and During Renovation
I still have not found the time to do a longer post. I really will… I promise. As per CJ’s request, I thought I would send you before, during, and after renovation shots of our attic. First there was the bare attic: Then came the messy insulation that made the attic look like a…
Read MoreOur Attic Space
I am aware that it’s been almost a month since I posted. My life has gone into nuts mode, but I promise to be back soon. I will be posting a book review in the coming week. I recently prepared our attic for a guest to stay in. I took some photos that I will…
Read MoreAmish Conference, Part 4
Special children are not just interesting medical problems, subjects of grants and research. Nor should they be called burdens to their families and communities. They are children who need our help, and if we allow them to, they will teach us compassion. They are children who need our help, and if we allow them to,…
Read MoreAmish Conference 2016, Part 3
I now turn my attention to the plenary session by Professor Mark Louden from the University of Wisconsin called Continuity and Change in Pennsylvania Dutch. He has made the dialect of the Amish a focus of study. He actually speaks it better than I do, and I am (was) a native speaker. He began his…
Read MoreAmish Conference 2016, Part 2
Claudia Lillinger, myself, Sabrina Völz First I want to announce that Sabrina Völz has posted the second half of the interview with me on the American Studies Blog. Her introduction to the interview and the questions are quite evocative. I hope you’ll enjoy the interview. Now I want to return to the conference this past…
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