Along with butchering and dressing three hogs, Lovina washed loads of bedding along with her regular laundry and used the sun ...

Amish cuisine is truly unique and usually relies on simple ingredients. This Amish soup recipe uses common staples you might ...

I looked around the circle of little faces in the living room as we read our evening Bible story. There was nothing in me ...

Gloria Miller heads to Mexico to support family undergoing surgery. Returning, she sees a magnificent sunset. She also shares a guacamole recipe.

Elijah, 7, put much thought into what he wanted for his birthday meal. He picked Frogmore Stew, cinnaamon rolls and ice cream cones.

As we waited for the appointment the following week, I couldn’t help but think of my girlhood days and the times I saw the ...

Combine everything in a bowl and beat very well. Gloria Yoder is an Amish mom, writer and homemaker in rural Illinois. Readers can write to Gloria at 10510 E. 350th Ave., Flat Rock, Illinois 62427.

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The children all left for school. Whew, while I love them more than words, a quiet house also is welcome to the mind and body. I debated where I should start on a Monday morning such as this. The ...

Good morning from a quiet Yoder household. It’s one of those times when all are in bed, sound asleep and Mom gets to ponder ...

It is loaded with clothes for him to grow into, that I have picked up in Amish thrift stores or others have passed on to me. Time and again when he is in need of a pair of pants I scan the stacks ...