3 open questions…
Your opinion appreciated on any or all of these difficult issues:
Snitz or shoofly?
“Stoltzfuses” or “Stoltzfi”?
New Year’s or 4th of July?
Amish Search Welsh Mountain Again For Linda Stoltzfoos; Nothing Found
There’s not much to share this week on the Linda Stoltzfoos story, other than a report that around 65 trained volunteers and members of the Amish community searched again Wednesday in the Welsh Mountain area, a heavily-wooded part of Lancaster County. This comes after a large search Saturday, also in the Welsh Mountain area, involving 600 people. I guess this means they have reason to…
Police Seek Man Who Attempted To Lure Amish Children Into Car (New York)
Via WHAM: (WHAM) – New York State Police are asking for help to find a man suspected of trying to lure children off of an Amish buggy in Seneca County. Investigators said they were contacted after a man driving down Dublin Road in Junius approached a buggy that was carrying several children. The man reportedly tried to lure the children into his car by offering…
Can Amish divorce? Remarry?
In this new video I look at Amish beliefs on marriage, divorce, separation, and marrying again. Do Amish permit divorce? What about remarriage? Are there unhappy marriages and what happens? Runtime 4:22.
Katie Troyer, The Budget & COVID in Pinecraft
This article in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune attempts to examine if there are any connections between the behavior of the Amish and Mennonite population of the Pinecraft community, and the area’s high rates relatively high rates of infection. In a nutshell, the conclusion here is: it’s tough to say. You kind of get the feel that the writer wouldn’t mind making that connection, but the hard…
Sure Erik, will post the tomato pie as soon as I have a few minutes…
I never thought about it, but I wonder how Amish and Mennonites in Canada, particularly the Old Order types, observe what we call “May 2-4” a long weekend holiday that commemorates the birthday of the Queen of England at the time of Canadian Confederation. Queen Victoria. Perhaps they do it quietly, or enjoy the long weekend without acknowledging worldly/English observation. We have fireworks that weekend. What do you think?