Nadege Armour asked in a comment yesterday: Any chance we might be able to see the inside of an anonymous Amish home? Well, here we have a photo of the inside of an Amish home near Clymer, New York, shared by Amish researcher Karen Johnson-Weiner: First off, you can see one of the most important [...]
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When the going gets tough, sometimes low-tech saves high-tech. The video below was shot last week during heavy snows near Ottawa, Pennsylvania. I doubt either of these guys imagined they’d be doing this when they woke up that morning. Hope they ate their Wheaties, but looks like the horses certainly did: Did you catch the [...]
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Did you know that Amish have light switches in their homes? Neither did I. Well, I should say some Amish do have switches that don’t turn anything on. For instance, when they buy a home that was previously English-owned, then tear out the electricity, as they’d be expected to do. The wall switches remain. Not [...]
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One of the highlights of President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night was a call for clean energy. The president put forth a goal: “by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.” ”Clean energy” in this case means “wind and solar…nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas”. To me, that [...]
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A grab-bag of thoughts and stories for the weekend. Enjoy! Rhymemaster B “Full of action, traction and a lot of satisfaction.” So replied Amishman ”Rhymie Aaron” when asked how he was feeling. ”Rhymie Aaron” was the nickname of Aaron Beiler, who lived most his life in Lancaster County before passing away in 1964. I recently came [...]
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Do Amish ever get online? Send email? Use Facebook? For that matter, what objections do Amish have to computers, internet, and related technology? And how does the cell phone complicate things? Some Amish have more contact with computers than we might think. Read answers to these and other questions in this Amish Online Encyclopedia entry [...]
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Today we have a winner for the New York Amish book contest, and a short excerpt from the book. Thanks to all that participated. Before announcing the winner I just wanted to let you know about our next giveaway. Amish Grace authors Donald Kraybill, Steven Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher have written a new book called [...]
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Amish use banks, checking accounts, and in some cases, credit cards. The drive-thru window comes in handy too. More on the Amish and banks. (photo: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep)
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The New Order Amish in Amish society What distinguishes New Order Amish from Old Order Amish? New Order Amish make up only a small percentage of the total Amish population–roughly 3%. New Order Amish live in a number of states, with the largest group found in the Holmes County, Ohio settlement (around 18 church districts, [...]
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