When one thinks of Amish or Mennonite communities, one often thinks of dour, black clad, insular communities at odds with the modern world. What one does not think about is fun. Yet Dina Litovsky’s ...

Wednesday evening — everyone is taking it easy tonight. Mose, daughters Susan and Verena, and son Benjamin went fishing. We put in a long day, so it was relaxing to them to go take the boat on the ...

Wednesday evening — everyone is taking it easy tonight. Mose, daughters Susan and Verena, and son Benjamin went fishing. We put in a long day so it was relaxing to them to go take the boat on the lake ...

It’s not surprising that the Amish take vacation. Everyone does (or should). But I was surprised to learn this morning that many of them travel to a small neighborhood in Sarasota, Florida for a ...

Editor’s Note: When most people think of the Amish, they envision a farm, horse-drawn buggies, and long Sunday services, but the Amish are like most people when it comes to vacations. Whether it is ...

We enter August with some much cooler than normal temperatures. We painted sons Joseph’s and Kevin’s bedrooms last week. Our next project is to paint the bedroom daughters Loretta and Lovina share.

This is Verena, age 19. My mother asked me to write the column this week. Recently my life has been so busy with working Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the daycare. I also babysit for my friend’s ...

Throughout the last year my family kept tossing around the idea of going on a trip as a family. We simply wanted to enjoy a little vacation together, all 18 of us. Finally, plans were made to visit ...

This is Verena, age 19. My mother asked me to write the column this week. Recently my life has been so busy with working Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at the daycare. I also babysit for my friend’s ...