This and That on Tuesday

I'd like to open this post with gratitude to all of you for visiting my blog and website so loyally. At the end of March, the count on my blog and website  turned  over to 1,000,000 visits. Last year in early February, just before the PBS film, "The Amish: Shunned" aired on American Experience, that…

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Trachselwald Castle: An Anabaptist Prison

Several months ago, I made a new friend. She lives in Switzerland, the motherland of my Anabaptist ancestors. It all started with a kind email. Here is part of that email: My name is Miriam Koch and I am from Switzerland. I am glad that I can be in touch with you because I have…

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