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Wild youth behavior is a reality for some English adolescents, and for a segment of Amish youth as well. Jim Cates returns with a look at those youth–some of whom soon find themselves in quite different circumstances. Not Your Mama’s Amish Long before Wal-Mart discovered that “Back in Black” was a catchy musical backdrop for its television ads, the youngie in Topeka, Indiana were regularly blasting…
A full one-third of Delaware’s counties have Amish settlements. Okay, Delaware only has three counties (yep, that kind of sounds like a joke you’d hear an Amish guy make). Delaware’s sole Amish settlement nestles against state capital Dover. Amish have been here almost 100 years. It’s a decent-sized community, actually: 9 church districts, over 1000 people. Amish have been leaving though. Land is expensive next…
Another photo that could probably use a caption. Though I’m drawing a blank on those shoes… Taken in the Holmes County Amish settlement.
Amish are known to be avid birders. As an outdoors activity you can do with family, I suppose that shouldn’t come as a surprise. This might be the wrong analogy, but I’ve always imagined it as hunting without the guns. I don’t have any statistics but it seems like it is particularly popular among Amish in Ohio. There is even an Amish Bird Symposium next…
Thanks to Gina for pointing out a link to an NPR piece on a new book, Plain Secrets, on the Swartzentruber Amish. I have not read the full book yet but did read the excerpt on the site. It seems pretty good. Mackall brings up the Amish position against formal insurance. It reminded me of a recent chat I had with an Amish friend (Old…
Today’s a good day to unload a bunch of odds and ends and maybe throw in a couple of photos for a little color. Has been a busy couple weeks as time in Lancaster winds down. In the Fun-stuff-I’ve-done-on-a-farm-lately category, last week there was a newborn baby calf that just didn’t feel like coming out of the meadow over at the Lapp farm. So Elmer…
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I love that picture!