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Plain Roots: Community, Story, and Support for Higher Education
March 14, 2026 |

We are getting glimpses of Spring up here in northern Vermont. David and I spent the first week of March in…

Traveling South to Meet up with Spring
February 28, 2026 |

By the time you read this blog post, David and I will be on the road south to visit friends in…

How an Amish Boy Became a Physicist, Part 3
February 21, 2026 |

Leon graduating from Florida State University Today we bring you the conclusion of Leon Hostetler’s story. I first knew of him…

How an Amish Boy Became a Physicist, Part 2
February 14, 2026 |

Photo by Leon Hostetler of his childhood home   Leaving the Amish By Leon Hostetler By my mid-teens there was constant…

How an Amish Boy Became a Physicist, Part 1
February 8, 2026 |

Today I bring you the amazing story of Leon Hostetler’s educational journey that took him from his Amish childhood to becoming…

Learning How to Learn
January 20, 2026 |

I have been bringing you stories of current applicants of the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund who have persevered to find their…

“A Character that is Truly My Own” 
September 16, 2025 |

Many years ago, when I was a young girl attending an Amish school in northeastern Ohio, I had a friend named…

A Chance for a Different Future
August 24, 2025 |

In our last post, we shared one of the outstanding scholarship essays that we received. Today we are offering another, this…

The Gift of Learning
July 23, 2025 |

I mentioned in my last post that I volunteer for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund. Yesterday I had the privilege of…

Updates and Summer in Vermont
July 18, 2025 |

It’s been a long while since I posted here, and even longer since I offered an update on what is going…

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Plain Roots: Community, Story, and Support for Higher Education

By Saloma Furlong | March 14, 2026

We are getting glimpses of Spring up here in northern Vermont. David and I spent…

Traveling South to Meet up with Spring

By Saloma Furlong | February 28, 2026

By the time you read this blog post, David and I will be on the…

How an Amish Boy Became a Physicist, Part 3

By Saloma Furlong | February 21, 2026

Leon graduating from Florida State University Today we bring you the conclusion of Leon Hostetler’s…

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