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We learned last week that Amish Cook Gloria Yoder was in a vehicle accident described as “serious”. She re-emerges this week with a column on what happened. Gloria was in a van with other ladies from her church on a thrift shopping trip when this happened: Moments later, the driver had my full attention as she verbalized an anxious, “Ohhh!!” I took it all in…
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Favorite Posts of 2021
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Nancy Amor, Mary Alice Yoder, and Doretta Yoder on The Connection Amish magazine
You might remember my review of the Connection Amish magazine from earlier in the year, in which I described it as “one of my favorites” and “pretty packed with information and material”. While in Topeka, Indiana this summer I was heading down main street and glanced over at a pleasant-looking but otherwise non-descript little building on the south side of the avenue. Â Looking closer, what…