Amish Life

Last year seems to have been a particularly bad one for children in buggy accidents. For example, we saw two separate accidents in Michigan which took the lives of three children in each case. It’s now been decided that the driver in one of the accidents will not be charged: DETROIT (AP) — An elderly […]

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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 […]

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On a day we give thanks, here is a Thanksgiving song from an Amish school. This was filmed by Phil Sarlo in 2019, part of a program in a school in the Holmes County community. The song is called “And Father We Thank You”, and it was written by a local Amish man. Phil explains […]

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Linda Stoltzfoos‘ 19th birthday was last week. It’s now been 5 months since she disappeared. Lancaster Online shares a brief update. Unfortunately there are few positive details in it, other than the fact the investigation is ongoing. However, I think that is good to keep in mind: Saturday marks five months since Linda Stoltzfoos disappeared […]

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Each of these three videos features Amish either on the way to church, or heading home afterwards. But which communities were they filmed in? There are clues in each video which point to the answers. Number 3 is the toughest. Video #1 Video #2 Video #3

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This week Amish Cook Gloria Yoder takes time to thank readers for the cards  – at least 78 of them, but likely more, by the sound of it – that she’s received following her van accident last month. She also gives two updates – one on recovery from the accident – and the second on […]

Continue Reading Amish Cook: Thank You, Readers (Plus Update On Jonathan Hochstetler)

It’s looking like good work by authorities in northwest Pennsylvania. Back in July, a young Amish couple and their two children – a 1-year-old and an infant – were rear-ended in Crawford County. The driver was charged yesterday for the hit-and-run crash: TITUSVILLE — A Spartansburg woman has been charged for a Sparta Township hit-and-run […]

Continue Reading Four Months Later, Driver Charged In Serious Hit & Run Buggy Crash

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 […]

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Here’s a video from Daniel Stoltzfus, of his wife Lydia discussing and sharing some of her scrap quilts. They are not in an Old Order Amish church, but grew up in one. I always love hearing this accent. Daniel and Lydia are parents to Lillian Stoltzfus, who passed away this summer at age 46. You […]

Continue Reading Lydia Stoltzfus Shares Her Scrap Quilts (Video)

Gallia County is way down in southeastern Ohio on the West Virginia border. I visited back in 2013 – it’s well off the beaten track, but a pleasant place by my impression, with some beautiful hilly country. There are two Amish settlements in this county, one of five church districts and the other of two. […]

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