Amish Life

Some photos in the latest Kentucky Amish home post caught at least one reader’s eye – showing a lamp in an upstairs bedroom which appeared to have a cord. Meanwhile, in the downstairs portion of the home, we saw more traditional examples of Amish lighting. So I thought it would be interesting to share with […]

Continue Reading 5 Types Of Lamps In Amish Homes (22 Photos)

Expectant Amish mothers generally have three choices on where to bring their children into the world – at home, at a hospital, or at a birthing center. In larger Amish communities, these centers cater to a Plain population. Photos: Kevin Lynch/the-daily-record-com A new article in the Wooster Daily Record gives us a look at the Mt. […]

Continue Reading Mt. Eaton Care Center: Over 12,000 Plain Babies Delivered In 36 Years

There is a certain type of driver who likes gunning his engine and waking up the residents of the local graveyard when passing through town. That driver is unlikely to heed the warning of this post. But others who drive vehicles louder than a typical car would do well to keep the lesson drawn here […]

Continue Reading Be Careful Around Buggies If Your Vehicle Is Loud

Sad news from northwestern PA: CLINTONVILLE, Pa. — One adult and one juvenile were killed after a logging truck and an Amish buggy crashed in Clintonville, Venango County, on Sunday afternoon, the Pennsylvania State Police confirmed. According to PSP, the logging truck struck the horse-drawn buggy from behind while both were traveling eastbound in the […]

Continue Reading PA Amish Woman, Child Killed In Logging Truck Accident

I have mixed feelings about drones. I’m generally not a fan of these flying cameras, but admit that they can capture some amazing footage. One example would be this two-minute video flying over Amish farms in Lancaster County. Someone recently did a drone video in Amish Ohio and shared it to YouTube. The machine does […]

Continue Reading Two (Creepy?) Amish Drone Videos

Monroe Yoder is an Amish bishop in the Shipshewana area of northern Indiana. In 2018, he invited a tour group into his home and spent time answering their questions, along with his wife Susie. This was written up on a blog called Midwest Wanderer by someone who attended the occasion. The post was just brought […]

Continue Reading 5 Insights From Amish Bishop Monroe Yoder

SI Live has published photos of Amish visitors to Staten Island, NYC in a nice slice-of-life look at Amish tourism. Of course “Amish tourism” usually means non-Amish people visiting places like Lancaster County. But as these images show, tourism goes the other way too. It seems that reporter Jan Somma-Hammel was at a Staten Island […]

Continue Reading Amish Tourists On Staten Island, NYC

I’ll be visiting Amish communities again over the next couple of weeks. Two of these are places I visited in the autumn, one is a community I last visited ten years ago (Ethridge), and two will be completely new for me. Jan. 30: Ethridge, TN Jan 31: Pontotoc County, MS Feb 1: Ellenboro, NC Feb […]

Continue Reading My Amish Travel Schedule (Jan-Feb 2020)

Do Amish people get immunized? Are they healthier than other Americans? How do Amish pay hospital bills? Do they use alternative medicine? This week, a look at the ways Amish approach health care and medicine: Do Amish visit doctors?   Yes. Amish do make use of conventional medical services including doctors, hospitals, clinics, opticians, dentists, and others. […]

Continue Reading 9 Questions on The Amish & Health

Why do some Amish use scooters, but not bikes? It’s a common question. I’ve never really come across a definitive answer, though have hit upon a theory or two after looking into it. Today at Lancaster Online, Steve Nolt provides an answer. It includes a couple of elements I did not expect. First, some brief […]

Continue Reading Why Do Some Amish Ride Scooters (But Not Bicycles)?