Limping into March—maple sugar time plus recipe!
Saturday’s butchering fills freezers for another year
We butchered three hogs on Saturday. One of the hogs we butchered is for Timothy and Elizabeth. We raised an extra one to give to them.
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This week … Continue Reading ›› Remembering an Amish father’s legacy of faith and work and reading
If my dad were still living, he would turn 85 years old today. But God had other plans, and Dad passed away in May 2000, at the age of 69. Every year on his birthday we still remember what day it is.
My dad left me a legacy of wonderful memories and of precious love. My … Continue Reading ››
Winter tastes like homemade soup and jerky at the Eichers
We have had quite a few inches of snow this week. Along with the snow we have also had colder temperatures. The mercury on the thermometer dipped down to 13 degrees this morning.
Yesterday daughters Verena, Loretta and I spent the day at daughter Elizabeth’s house. We helped her process 38 quarts of vegetable soup. She … Continue Reading ››
More than 1000 friends and family gather to mourn passing of Uncle Benji
The month of February is already upon us. This past week went fast and it’s hard to believe its past time to pen this column again.
Saturday we ground all the hamburger from the beef we butchered. We made around two hundred fifty hamburger … Continue Reading ›› When what doesn’t get done today won’t “run away” tomorrow
It’s Thursday noon already! This column should have been written yesterday.
Loretta and I have been cleaning the house this forenoon. Tonight men from church will come at 6:30 to practice singing church songs. We want to make some snacks for tonight yet. The laundry … Continue Reading ›› Cold day for church services but easier clean up with new “church dishes”
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All hands on deck cleaning house for church services—even on a great sledding day!
This is a cold winter day with the mercury on the thermometer dipping way down to 5 degrees. It is snowing but the wind isn’t as strong as it was yesterday.
Joseph, 13, Lovina, 11, and Kevin, 10, didn’t have school yesterday. It was cancelled due to the weather. This was their first snow day this … Continue Reading ››
Haystack brunch and Old Christmas/Epiphany gatherings mark beginning of 2016
The Christmas holidays and family get-togethers are now over for another year. Yesterday, January 6, was Old Christmas (Epiphany) so everyone was home for the day. It was a day well spent with family. I had a baked meal with the menu consisting of meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, lettuce salad, cheese, dill pickles, … Continue Reading ››
Cookies, memories, and a long-lost rolling pin that wended its way back home
This will be my final column for 2015. After that, we enter into a brand new year. What does it have in store for us? The future is unknown, but if we trust in God to lead our way, it seems so much more … Continue Reading ››