Mem: Life Lessons I Learned from my Amish Mother, Part 3

By Saloma Furlong | September 16, 2016 |

“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.” ― C.G. Jung I have now written to the conclusion of my…

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Op-Ed in Cleveland Plain Dealer

By Saloma Furlong | September 2, 2015 |

I hope you will click on over to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where a new op-ed I wrote was printed this morning. A lively discussion has already started, and I hope you will join it. The piece is called Amish Buggies Leaving a Smelly Issue in their Wake. Here is an excerpt: I grew up…

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Traveling and New Perspectives

By Saloma Furlong | February 28, 2014 |

David and I returned from a trip to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It is always fun to travel with David. We tend to get into deep conversations on road trips, which I enjoy very much. And David and I are now co-presenters at the talks, given he wrote part of the book. Our first presentation…

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Speaking of Bonnets and Head Coverings

By Saloma Furlong | February 20, 2014 |

My friend, Shirley Hershey Showalter, has done a thought-provoking blog post called Mennonite Bonnet and Covering Stories in preparation of the joint talk she and I have scheduled for next Tuesday, February 25, in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. This talk is sponsored by the Milanof-Schock Library and will be held at the Mount Joy Mennonite Church. We are going…

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Sticky Bun Recipe and More…

By Saloma Furlong | February 6, 2014 |

Welcome to my new blog! Two days after the premiering of the PBS documentary, "The Amish: Shunned," I am looking out my window at the slanted afternoon sunlight shining on the white buildings across the street, I am taking a deep breath. I must have been stressed leading up to the launching of my book on…

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