I recently heard that a number of Amish in the Lancaster County community have begun using regular electric washers (like any English home might have, except powered by the diesel generator). With the widely-used wringer washers (ie, the old Maytag style), the clothes are still pretty wet when you finish. Using a regular washer, the [...]
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Using a Kindle to post for most of the past week meant I couldn’t upload photos. Here are a few I’d like to have included, mostly from Lancaster County. It was an overcast week, or at least it seemed to be whenever I pulled out my camera. There’s a story behind each of these photos, [...]
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Just back yesterday from family vacation at the beach in SC. This was the first week all year I hadn’t posted anything here, though I did check in on comments and couldn’t resist sharing a few links and photos on the Amish America Facebook page. I’m not home for long, taking off today on a [...]
Continue reading Forgiveness Conference, Connection winners, and an odd green wagon
Interest in the beard is growing. How do I know? I just learned about a contest called the Beard and Moustache National Championships. Prize categories include “best mustache, best partial beard, best full beard and best freestyle”. The Championships will be held this fall in the beard mecca that is Lancaster County. Read about it [...]
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Amish women let their hair grow, so they have a lot of it. Hair pins keep all those locks in place, up underneath a prayer covering. I thought I’d give you a look at some plain hair pins. I picked these up at an Amish dry goods shop (not for personal use, demonstration purposes only, [...]
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Remember the levitating Amish horse? Well it looks like they have the same breed in Lancaster County. Behold the Amish Airtrotter: Photo credit: Serge Melki
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Back in January, I shared a few slides of Lancaster County, circa 1963. Here are a few more: Would today’s Lancaster Amish women consider this overdressed? Lancaster County has the second-most covered bridges of any county in America. The #1 county? Parke County, Indiana, where a group of Lancaster Amish moved in the 1990s. Here’s [...]
Continue reading Lancaster County, 50 years ago (part 2)
Beth asked yesterday about recommendations for visitors to Lancaster County. I mentioned two of my favorite towns, Strasburg and Churchtown. Strasburg is a bit more on the beaten path, Churchtown a bit more off. Strasburg in particular has a lot of beautiful historic stone and brick homes from the 1700s and 1800s (I lived here for [...]
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From a Lancaster friend’s home: Sharpening minds and no. 2′s: Sigh. I remember spending a bit more time with these, once: Here’s the full list of Amish home interior photos.
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