Amish Life

From Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly: AUBURN — As the Amish community in southern DeKalb County continues to grow, the DeKalb County Commissioners are getting the jump on imposing a license fee for horse-drawn vehicles and horse-drawn trailers. The commissioners approved an ordinance on first reading Aug. 8 after a couple of months of discussion. […]

Continue Reading Buggies In Another Indiana County Will Need Licenses

An update today brought sad news following the tractor rollover accident in York County, PA last Friday. A fourth child, a four-year-old brother of another boy who had died in the accident, has passed away. From the York Daily Record: Jeffrey Ryan Fisher, of Lancaster County, died Tuesday from multiple traumatic injuries, spokesman Brett Hambright […]

Continue Reading Fourth Child Passes Away Following Tractor Accident; Three Children Remain Hospitalized

Tragic happening in York County, PA (the area across the Susquehanna which is considered part of the Lancaster County settlement). The York Daily Record gives an account of the accident, which happened Friday morning, and the community’s response thus far: Friday morning, Amos Stoltzfus dropped off some of his wife’s fresh-cut flowers at the Country […]

Continue Reading Amish Mother, 3 Children Lose Lives in Tractor Rollover

In her weekly column, Amish mother Lovina Eicher from time to time shares an hour-by-hour look into her daily life. We saw this in both 2018 and 2020. One change I noticed between those two accounts is that Lovina’s wake-up time “improved” from 3 AM to 4 AM. I think that reflects a change in […]

Continue Reading Another day in the life of an Amish mother

Often when people look at the Amish – a horse-and-buggy people, after all – they assume they’re dodging the pain of high gas prices. But is that really the case? First, there was recently a humorous column by Star Beacon writer Shelley Terry “Hubby going Amish due to rising gas prices“, which illustrates this view […]

Continue Reading Are Amish immune from high gas prices? 5 Reasons why the answer is “No”

Amish Cook Lovina Eicher reminisces in her latest column about the birth of her first daughter. She recalls giving birth with the help of a midwife, something that’s not uncommon for the Amish. The midwife actually happened to be a relative in this case. And, there was a doctor at hand just in case (one […]

Continue Reading Lovina Eicher Recalls Home Birth of First Child

I just returned from a week in the Lancaster County Amish community. While there I attended the 2022 Amish conference at Elizabethtown College, and spent a lot of time with Amish friends. I’ll have a post sharing some favorite images from the trip coming soon. I also recorded a short video from inside the buggy […]

Continue Reading Hello from Lancaster County (3 New Things I Noticed – Video)

Do Amish visit doctors? The short answer is yes, but it depends – on the situation, individual, and other factors. In addition, Amish people make use of a range of health and wellness solutions outside of conventional medicine. I explain in this video and briefly go through five of them. If you’d prefer to read […]

Continue Reading The Amish & Health Care (Video)

Two springs ago, there was a particularly tragic story out of Bath County, Kentucky. High waters overcame an Amish buggy, overturning it in a swollen creek. Five children were washed away and lost their lives. Now, local non-Amish efforts are seeking to help get weather alerts to Amish in this community. The answer appears to […]

Continue Reading Plain-Friendly “Amish Radio” Initiative Seeks To Save Lives Following Tragedy

One month ago, Amish Cook columnist Gloria Yoder suffered the loss of her husband Daniel in a logging accident. In today’s column, Gloria candidly recounts the events of that day, and Daniel’s eventual passing in the evening. Here’s how it starts: The door swung open, in walked my mother, kindly asking, “Gloria, did you hear […]

Continue Reading Gloria Yoder Recounts Day of Husband Daniel’s Passing