Visits with the Amish: Impressions of the Plain Life (Bur by Linda Egenes

By Linda Egenes

Who are the “plain people,” the boys and ladies who until eventually their fields with horse and plow, go back and forth by way of horse and buggy, stay with no electrical energy and phones, and perform “help thy neighbor” in way of life? Linda Egenes visited together with her previous Order Amish associates in southeast Iowa for 13 years earlier than penning this informative and companionable advent to their lifeways.

Drawn to their slower speed of existence and their resistance to the lures of a client society, Egenes came upon a hot welcome one of the Amish, and in go back she has given us an both hot point of view on Amish kin lifestyles as she skilled it. The Amish worth concord in kinfolk lifestyles notably, and Egenes discovered an abundance of concord as she savored do-it-yourself ice cream in a kitchen the place the fridge ran on kerosene, realized to exploit a two-bucket cow, helped prepare dinner for 9 in a summer season kitchen, spent the day in a one-room schoolhouse, and sang “The Hymn of compliment” in its unique German at Sunday service.

Whether quilting at a weekly stitching circle above the Stringtown Grocery, taking part in Dutch Blitz and Dare Base with schoolchildren, studying the intricacies of harness making, or mulching strawberries in an incredible backyard, Egenes used to be taken care of with the kindness, recognize, and dignity that exemplify the powerful neighborhood ties of the Amish. Her attractive account of her visits with the Amish, fantastically illustrated with woodcuts through Caldecott Medal winner Mary Azarian, finds the serene and peaceable methods of a simple humans whose lives are something yet plain.

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I take my shoes off, too. My feet sink into the rich earth, cool and soft. It’s a huge garden, with neat rows of potatoes, peas, onions, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes, beans, and sweet corn stretching for what must be a quarter of an acre. And of course, strawberries. There’s not a weed in sight. Last Tuesday Grace and her older sisters hoed the ground between the plants. Grace speaks politely with a shy, slow smile. She wears a navyblue dress and white apron, with a light aqua scarf, folded like a bonnet, to cover her dark hair.

Kootenal, Rexford, MT 59930. 6 Once while visiting an Amish home I noticed a number of strange notations on the calendar. It turns out that the teenage daughter had marked out the steps for making friendship bread. It’s customary for friends to pass on the starter for this sourdough bread, making it a special way to express love and companionship. friendship bread Days 1 and 2 Do nothing. ) Day 3 Stir with wooden spoon. Days 4 and 5 Do nothing. Day 6 Add 1 c. milk, 1 c. flour, 1 c. sugar and stir.

Toby, the children’s father, saunters in from the barn with a big smile. Like many Amish men, he looks younger than his age, with cheeks a healthy rose color and dark hair showing no signs of gray. We chat for a few moments. He says that they purchased the farm from an “English” farmer nine years ago. “At first, nothing would grow unless we poured lots of chemicals on it,” says Toby. By rotating the crops and by using manure for fertilizer, he revived the soil and can now farm almost without chemicals.

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