Amish Life

Someone is hoping a funny photo gets roads repaired in Geauga County, Ohio. The Geauga Maple Leaf shared this photo on their Facebook page. In it we see a pair of Amish trousers upside down in what appears to be a deep pothole puddle. Completing the picture, an Amish straw hat and a couple items […]

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In this slice of Amish life, young men play ice hockey on New Year’s Day. This is Barren County, Kentucky, which has several Amish communities. The photos were taken in 2018. We don’t have the full view, but I’m curious what they are using for goals. Are they some sort of hockey nets or something […]

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I’m not sure that looking back “favorite” will be a word I’ll associate with 2020. But there were certainly bright spots in what most would probably agree was not the greatest year. In that spirit I am keeping with the usual tradition here of sharing a “favorite posts” year-end compilation. These are posts which either […]

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I’m starting to dread looking at my Amish news feed because it seems every other story lately is some sort of tragedy. Sorry to say that this news out of Marquette County, Wisconsin falls into that unfortunate category. Amish often make use of frozen ponds and lakes for ice skating. In this case it ended […]

Continue Reading Five Amish Children Fall Through Frozen Lake; One Drowns

This happened December 23rd. From WZTV: WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — An 8-year-old boy was killed a house fire in an Amish community in Weakley County, Tenn. on Wednesday. Jason Arnold, Battalion Chief at McKenzie Fire and Rescue, said crews responded to the blaze just after 11 p.m. and arrived to find a home along […]

Continue Reading House Fire Claims Amish Boy’s Life In Tennessee

In the video below Amish girls Amy and Marlene play the guitar and keyboard while singing “Joy To The World” in Walnut Creek, Ohio. The video dates to 2009. The event was an open house at a local business, with this being “one of the many songs that they entertained the crowd with.” A few […]

Continue Reading Amish Girls Sing “Joy To The World” (Video)

The news is breaking that Justo Smoker, charged with kidnapping Linda Stoltzfoos, has now been charged with killing her: State police on Monday charged Justo Smoker — already facing a trial related to the kidnapping of Amish teen Linda Stoltzfoos — directly with the June death of the Lancaster woman, according to an arrest warrant. […]

Continue Reading Justo Smoker Has Been Charged With Homicide In Linda Stoltzfoos Case

A reader brought the following to my attention and I wanted to pass it along to you. I hate to be covering so many accidents involving our Amish neighbors lately, but that just seems to be the unfortunate case right now. This was not a buggy accident, but a car accident due to which Amish […]

Continue Reading Message From Lovina Eicher After Losing Son-in-Law In Car Accident (Updated)

This is a neat story and a response to the idea that Amish don’t contribute to road upkeep. Amish in Monroe County, Wisconsin (Cashton settlement) recently made a donation to the local highway department. From the Monroe County Herald: The five most northern districts of the Cashton Amish community donated $6,275 to the Monroe County […]

Continue Reading Amish Donate $6,275 To Highway Department. But Are We Missing Something?

This photo comes from Paoli, Indiana. The photographer took it in 2009. He writes that “I passed these two, three times in two hours and they never had a customer” and that “Even the Amish are having a hard time making a living.”  This would have been during the “Great Recession,” so that adds some […]

Continue Reading Slice Of Amish Life: Business Is Slow