Amish Life

I’m back now from my multi-week Amish journey, spanning five states. This trip took in everything from palm trees and short sleeves in Florida to a layer of snow on the ground yesterday morning in Pennsylvania. After logging around 3000 road miles, I am ready to kick my feet up for a bit! I planned […]

Continue Reading 8 Snapshots From My Lancaster County Visit

Yesterday in Holmes County, my friend Myron shared the following poem with Rich Stevick and me. Later in the day we shared it with a few more Amish friends, who seemed to like it. I hope you do too. Happy Thanksgiving. I Am Thankful – Poem Of Thanksgiving I am thankful: For the wife Who […]

Continue Reading “I Am Thankful”

We’ve got a winner today of the book Our Amish Values: Who We Are and What We Believe by Lester Beachy. Before we jump to that, I wanted to share one section from the book. If you didn’t catch the original post, it’s a concise book, with great photos of Amish life, in which Beachy […]

Continue Reading Our Amish Values Winner (Plus Section Z on “Zeal”)

A storm struck Monday in Webster County, Missouri, destroying three structures and damaging the home of one Amish family in the community. This would be the Seymour settlement, which is the state’s largest. Predictably, local Amish came together to get the family back on their feet. From ozarksfirst.com: In the barn, according to the homeowner, […]

Continue Reading 100+ Amish Rebuild After Storm Destroys Homestead (Video)

It’s been a little over 2 weeks since the crash that claimed the lives of siblings Caleb, Fannie Mae, and Elizabeth Miller. Last week, Ronald Ramsey, who was driving the vehicle that struck the children’s buggy in Eaton County, Michigan, spoke to media. I can’t help but feel great sympathy for this man. He explains […]

Continue Reading Driver In Michigan Buggy Crash Speaks

In a post last month, I wondered if recently-legalized industrial hemp would become a new Amish cash crop – perhaps replacing controversial tobacco, most often seen grown by farmers in the Lancaster County Amish community. Another article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has shed more light on Amish involvement in hemp cultivation, now essentially in its […]

Continue Reading More On The Amish & Hemp Farming

I’m pointing this accident out as an example of a buggy road danger which I think is under-covered. Speed and lighting get a lot of attention, but hills are another big threat to Amish buggies. An Amishman is recovering with a broken neck in northern New York following an accident involving a hill. By the […]

Continue Reading Amishman Suffers Broken Neck After Car Crests Hill, Hits Buggy

How would you feel about taking your life in your hands just to pick up some boxes of cereal? This one-minute video, shot from the cockpit of an Amish buggy, really brings home the experience of those Amish people who must regularly travel on busy highways – just to get basic errands done. Much of […]

Continue Reading Ride Along To The Grocery Store With An Amish Farmer (Video)

Both Amish and English members of the Vermontville, Michigan community have come together to support the family who lost three children in a buggy accident Wednesday. Below we’ve got comments from Amish and English locals. There’s also information if you’d like to send a card or donate money to support this family. The good news […]

Continue Reading Community Supports Grieving Amish Family; 6-Year-Old Survivor In Stable Condition [Updated]

It was just three months ago that three young Amish siblings were killed in a buggy crash in southern Michigan. Tragically, the story has repeated itself, in another part of the state. This time, it seems alcohol was not involved. The driver struck the children’s buggy as they returned home from school. From Lansing State […]

Continue Reading 3 More Amish Children Killed In Michigan Buggy Crash