Posts by Saloma Furlong
A Question of Accountability for Monroe L. Beachy
This morning there was a story in the New York Times about Monroe L. Beachy of Sugarcreek, Ohio, who was running an investment firm for 25 years and then suddenly filed for bankruptcy in June 2010. From the article, it sounds like Beachy made his first mistake by placing his trust in someone who was…
Read MoreSnapshots 5 – No Time for Writing Poetry
When I was going into third grade, an Amish school was being built in our area. For some reason, my parents decided to send Joe and me to Amish school that year, and to keep my two sisters in public school. As far as I know, there were no pictures taken of me when I…
Read MoreSnapshots – 4
I was warned, when I went into second grade that Mrs. Takacs was a scary teacher. However, no one could have prepared me for the first day in her classroom. She started out listing all the rules. Not only did she give us the rules, but she described what would be the consequences if we…
Read MoreSnapshots – 3
Today I get back to my Snapshots series that I started a while ago. Once I got used to Kindergarten in public school, I loved school. My teacher was wonderful and I felt part of the group. Entering first grade was another difficult transition. The days seemed so long. The classroom was less relaxed, and…
Read MoreExcerpt of Success Made Simple and Winner Announced
I thought I would share an excerpt of Erik Wesner’s book, Success Made Simple.Well-defined goals and a meaningful, ingrained business vision are an essential part of running a prospering company. Pessimists, setbacks, and subpar early results all serve to discourage beginning businesspeople, and sometimes even prove fatal. A deeply rooted vision assists owners at all…
Read MoreErik Wesner on “Success Made Simple” and a Giveaway
Erik Wesner is the author of Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Forgiveness Conference at the Young Center in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania last year. He is a thoughtful and insightful researcher of Amish culture. Success Made Simple is his first book, but…
Read MoreSnapshots – 2
When I was a child, our nearest neighbors were English. They lived just across the lane from us. Their two youngest were my sister Lizzie’s and brother Joe’s ages. Susan and Brian were fun children to play with. I mentioned in my last post that we used to play school with Susan in their old…
Read MoreSnapshots – 1
Today I’m starting a new series on my blog. I am going to post photos of different times in my life and tell the story of what occasioned them or what was going on at that time in my life. Today I start with a photo of my Kindergarten class in public school. I was…
Read MoreCelebrations
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~ Chinese Proverb The message in church this morning was one about the River of Life and how we need to get into the middle of the river, rather than clinging to the shore, if we are to live life to its fullest. The pastor also invited us to…
Read MoreAmish Men Jailed
Erik Wesner has sparked an interesting discussion on his blog about ten Amish men who were jailed in Kentucky for refusing to display a Slow-Moving-Vehicle triangle on their buggies. Rather than recount all about that here, I suggest you click over to Amish America and learn more about it. You can also read the Associated Press…
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