Timothy Hochstedler of St. Joseph County, Michigan has started what he calls an “Amish Uber” service, reports WWMT. When I first heard of this, I thought it might be something an Amishman was doing as a service for other Amish in his community. Rather it seems like it is appealing more to non-Amish – and may just be another name for a buggy ride business….
Mike Sparks, who gave us a look at the Amish community in Ashland County, OH, returns to share his recent visit to the settlement in Holmes and Wayne Counties. Mike has been visiting and learning about the Amish for over four decades now. I’ll let Mike take it away with a little description of his background and then his photos of the early-July trip. If…
WTVB reports that an Amish family with two children with special needs will receive funds for a custom-made buggy from Michigan’s Children’s Special Needs Fund. There isn’t a lot of info in this article, but the story is interesting, on a couple of counts. From wtvbam.com (Branch County, MI): HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – An Amish family in Camden is getting some help for two children with…
Last year we heard about Amish planning to move to a fourth Canadian province, Manitoba. Reader Urs Christen recently paid a visit to this small community and shares photos and a brief account. Urs was not able to visit businesses as it was a Sunday, but you can see there are at least one or two baked goods places there. This community is located in…
There have been more than 630 buggy/vehicle accidents in Pennsylvania over the past decade. Based on that number, you can estimate roughly 3000 accidents across the entire 350,000-plus Amish/horse-and-buggy Mennonite population in that time. The Lancaster General Health system has created a list of tips for drivers to try to bring these numbers down. This came in part from firsthand immersion in the Lancaster Plain…
From wane.com: ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – Two Amish women who were arrested earlier this year after police learned they were serving as midwives without any certifications or formal training have pleaded guilty. Sylvia C. Eicher, 74, and Lydiann S. Schwartz, 73, both pleaded guilty in Adams County Court to Level 6 felony Practicing Midwifery without a License. Plea agreements call for both to serve…
“I don’t remember ever having joy growing up.” Emma Gingerich, who grew up in a Swartzentruber Amish community, some years ago appeared on the Megyn Kelly Today show to discuss her background and departure from Amish life. Periodically you see former Amish doing media interviews sharing about their past lives. Typically the stories are negative, and Emma’s fits that bill, but you can understand why….
Lovina Eicher is an Amish mother of eight and author of the Lovina’s Amish Kitchen column (and formerly the Amish Cook column). She answers your questions in today’s post. Lovina is the author of The Essential Amish Cookbook and the Lovina’s Amish Kitchen column. To enter to win a copy of The Essential Amish Cookbook, just leave a comment on this post. I’ll draw a…
Donald Kraybill is retired, but hasn’t slowed down much as far as putting out books. He has a new one out called Simply Amish, a short overview of the Amish. He recently sat down with LNP/Lancaster Online to answer some reader questions on camera, about the Amish in general but with a focus on Lancaster County. This spawned an article outlining six main takeaways from…
Do the plainest Amish shun tourists, as you might suppose? Not in the case of the Amish at Ethridge, Tennessee. Mary Hance details her visit to the comunity at Ethridge in a recent article for the Tennessean. This is an interesting community as it is one of the most traditional, but also rather tourist-friendly. This Swartzentruber Amish settlement has many farms and a lot of…