Posts Tagged ‘Saloma Furlong’
Updates and Summer in Vermont
It’s been a long while since I posted here, and even longer since I offered an update on what is going on in my life. My life is full right now. David and I renovated our front porch earlier this summer, along with both our bathrooms. We feel like we are done with our renovations…
Read MoreHow Our Amish Heritage Influences Our Education and Career: A Symposium
Photo from left to right: Jonas Brennaman, Ivan Fisher, Paul Nisly, Nancy Nisly, Rose Fisher, Luella Gilbert, Saloma Furlong, David Furlong, Aleta Schrock, Freeman Miller, Lizzie Hershberger, Harley Yoder, Lois Miller, Erma Miller, Naomi Clark, Marilyn Coblentz, Naomi Kramer Yoder (Links are to those who have blog posts here on About Amish and Beyond) Several…
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My dear blog readers, I have not forgotten you. My life has been full to overflowing. Let me count the ways. We’re going through lots of transitions at work as the church begins to gather in the sanctuary for worship. What makes that more difficult is that the senior pastor is on a three-month sabbatical,…
Read MoreFrom 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 MoreGuest Posts and Giveaway of “Bonnet Strings”
Lately I have been finding my way around the blog world, discovering many interesting new sites. And I have, as in the post with Amanda Luedeke on author platform, invited several people to write guest posts for me. As I meet new bloggers and introduce myself, I am also being invited to write guest posts…
Read MoreAmerican Experience Goes to the Emmys!
The PBS documentary "The Amish: Shunned" that aired on American Experience in February has been nominated for an Emmy Award for "exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking." The American Experience film "JFK" has also been nominated for an Emmy. I was very honored to take part in both "The Amish" and "The Amish: Shunned." I was…
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