Category Archives: Desserts

Candy, Desserts

Eichers celebrate Christmas quietly this year

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This column will wrap up my columns for 2020. We wish all of you God’s richest blessings in the new year 2021. I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and were all safe and healthy. Our Christmas was extra quiet and we really just appreciated the gift of having each other. Mose is missed so … Continue Reading ››
Candy, Cookies and Bars, Desserts

Christmas time treat recipes

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Lovina Eicher’s son-in-law Mose was injured in a car accident on Wednesday, December 9. His injuries were severe, and he passed away the morning of December 14. Lovina asks readers to hold Susan and children Jennifer, age 2, and Ryan, age 1, in prayer. She writes, “Susan is a widow at age 24 but she … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins, Desserts

Family visits and Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins

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Sons Benjamin, 21, and Joseph, 18, both have left for work. It is 5 a.m. and I decided I’ll write this column while all is still quiet. The weather has taken a big change overnight. Yesterday, and for over a week, we have had nice, sunny, warm weather. Now this morning the temperature is in … Continue Reading ››
Desserts, Pies

Autumn leaves, deer hunting, and apple pie

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We are having nice, sunny autumn weather with temperature in the 60’s by the end of the day. It’s a good time to get the leaves raked and the yard cleaned up before the snow flies. We did have a coating of snow on Sunday, but it didn’t accumulate much. I also have some tulip bulbs … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

Fun and games with grandchildren as family gathers

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Supper is over, evening devotions have been said, and everyone has either gone to bed or is showering, reading, or just relaxing as I write this column. Our supper had ham and beans on the menu. I took a few ham bones out of the freezer and decided to make a big kettle of ham and … Continue Reading ››
Candy, Desserts

Lovina’s daughter Verena shares her story

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Over the years I have written about my daughter Verena’s brain concussion and the almost seven years that she had post-concussion syndrome. I also wrote about our children who have limb girdle type 2 muscular dystrophy. Readers have asked why my daughters use mobility scooters. Here … Continue Reading ››
Desserts, Pies

Welcoming autumn with pecan pies

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It is the first day of autumn! Our gardens are cleared out, being tilled, and are history for 2020! We had a frost Saturday morning that put an end to them. We have lots of tomatoes and peppers that I want to use to make spicy vegetable juice. A lot of people covered their plants … Continue Reading ››
Cakes and Frostings, Desserts

Autumn weather and pumpkin torte

We are having very cool mornings with temperatures around the upper 40’s to lower 50’s, and then warming up gradually. Next week autumn begins, so we can expect cooler weather. Our hay has been cut for the last time this season. Hopefully, we will get it in the barn before there’s any rain. Yesterday, daughter Lovina, sixteen, … Continue Reading ››
Cakes and Frostings, Desserts

An Amish baptismal service and wedding Nothings

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Another week has gone by, and it’s already time to write this column and get it on its way to my editors. Once again, I’m pushing the deadline . . . it must be that I work better under pressure because it seems I so often push it off until the last minute. Or maybe … Continue Reading ››
Cookies and Bars, Desserts

Remembering a baby’s arrival

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A happy fifteenth birthday to the last of our eight children! Son Kevin’s birthday is today. It’s amazing how the years fly by. I thought it would be interesting to share the column daughter Elizabeth wrote to help me out after Kevin was born. She was eleven years old and in fifth grade. Written by Elizabeth … Continue Reading ››