Amish

Homemade Applesauce: Accept No Substitutes!

My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, a little set of scenic, high hills in…

1 year ago

Sylvester Graham and His Wonderful Cracker: History of Graham Crackers

Long before I'd heard of Sylvester Graham, when I was a child, way back when, in the good old days,…

2 years ago

Non-Electric Dreamin’: Lehman’s Store Serves the Amish, Homesteaders, and the Big Wide World

Jay Lehman had a dream.  It was a modest dream.  But the dream of Lehman's Store that started in a…

2 years ago

The Plain Paper: Letters From “The Budget” Amish Newspaper

For the third time, my husband Donnie and I were making a foray into Holmes County, Ohio, home to the…

3 years ago

Redefining Neighborhoods Back on the Land

It has been speculated that until recent history, around the 1600-1700s, Western people were not much interested in helping each…

3 years ago

The American General Store: A Cover Story

  Watch any old movie about rural life, cow towns, farming, or homesteading, and you are bound to see at…

5 years ago

Debunking the Amish Myth: Common Misconceptions about Amish Furniture

This is a story of greed, corruption, and the struggle for religious freedom. The story begins in one of history’s…

6 years ago