Today, after three months living on our farm in Archer, Florida, it dawned on me that I am now, officially, a farmer. OK, maybe three months doesn’t make me a REAL farmer and sure, it’s true that I sleep long after the alarm and subsequent snooze alerts go off while my daughter Cat gets up […]
I have to confess that I’m not a big fan of winter. Spring, summer, fall…I’m in heaven. Winter? I hibernate like a bear. Spark up that fireplace and let me snuggle in front of it with a blanket and a book. That’s heaven in winter for me. So it was really surprising for me to […]
It’s interesting how the Amish farm is so important to the Amish culture. Yesterday, I was interviewed on a radio show and the question came up about trends in the Amish world. I mentioned that one of the trends that I’m seeing is how Amish families are either moving far away in order to find […]
The more time that I spend with my Amish friends, the more disturbed I am by the amount of tragedy that befalls these gentle people. Yesterday, while I was making cookies at the Lapp farm with Anna, I had asked her about her weekend and if she had nice Sunday. It was not a church […]