Cornhole is a game popular among Amish in some communities. I played it once in Ohio at an Amish birthday cookout. I’d say it’s got elements of horseshoes and shuffleboard to it. If you’re not familiar with cornhole, it’s pretty simple. You’ve got two slightly elevated boards with a medium-sized hole towards one end of [...]
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A new study seems to show that Amish children are “remarkably immune” to both allergies and asthma. Researchers compared a group of Indiana Amish children to Swiss children from both farm and non-farm environments. Swiss farm kids were over 3 times as likely to show a predisposition to allergies than Amish children, while Swiss non-farm [...]
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Spending much of my year in Europe, I am on buses, trams and trains a lot. Polish people are surprised when I tell them that outside of a few big cities and the Northeast corridor, we North Americans don’t really do public transportation. For instance, I recently told a couple colleagues about the first time [...]
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One of our friends in Indiana, Mary Alice Yoder of The Connection (see this recent interview with Mary Alice and friends) has passed along a note about one of her grandchildren: Good Morning, Announcing a card and keychain (or whatever) shower for grandson: Jaden Kole Yoder 506 East Lake Street Topeka IN 46571 He fell while [...]
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While I was in the US in February, we had Amish visitors at my parents’ home in North Carolina. One morning one of our guests took it upon herself to whip up a truly scrumptious breakfast casserole. It took about 15 minutes to do, she said. Wow. At the 15-minute mark I am still trying [...]
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The latest photo in need of a caption. Amanda Cohen, who took this last summer in Lancaster County, ended up with a little surprise while uploading it to her computer. Thanks to Emma for sending it along!
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From what I hear, Spring actually follows Autumn in Pinecraft. Taken by Katie Troyer. See more Florida Amish photos at Katie’s blog.
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Amos Hertzler is a one-year-old Amish boy who was born with a rare esophageal condition. His story came to public attention last October as his parents were having difficulties raising the funds for the expensive procedure Amos needed. Thankfully, Amos has since had his surgery and now the family is trying to pay off the [...]
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