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Amish America
The Amish way of life has a mystique to all who live outside of it. To we that surf the web and buy our butter and candles at the store, we marvel at the vitality and endurance of the Amish societies in the United States. There are Amish-Mennonite settlements in 27 states, with the largest in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Visiting one of them is equivalent to time travel... where buggies, farms, and handmade villages abound
Everywhere member, Laurie Frey shares wonderful stories and images of her tours through several Amish communities in the US.
In her travel story, Amish Family Values, Laurie shares her experience of being welcomed for lunch and an afternoon at the home of an Amish family with seven children in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
(Photo: Sunday Night Party, by Laurie Frey.)
In her other essay, Cell Phones, Buggy Lights and Parties in an Amish Community, takes us to the Amish community of Daviess County, Indiana. To Laurie's surprise (and mine), the people there had electric lights in their buggies, and... cell phones? Read more about the things that surprised her there... especially the wild parties.
(Photo: Amish Farm. Holmes County, Ohio, by Laurie Frey.)
Everywhere member, Laurie Frey shares wonderful stories and images of her tours through several Amish communities in the US.
In her travel story, Amish Family Values, Laurie shares her experience of being welcomed for lunch and an afternoon at the home of an Amish family with seven children in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
(Photo: Sunday Night Party, by Laurie Frey.)
In her other essay, Cell Phones, Buggy Lights and Parties in an Amish Community, takes us to the Amish community of Daviess County, Indiana. To Laurie's surprise (and mine), the people there had electric lights in their buggies, and... cell phones? Read more about the things that surprised her there... especially the wild parties.
(Photo: Amish Farm. Holmes County, Ohio, by Laurie Frey.)
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