Over the past two years, I’ve had occasion to become involved with a group of traditional Amish in our county. They’ve done some work for me, and I’ve done some work for them, and it’s been a delightful association.
When I travel to the community, I’m always struck by the slower pace of their lifestyle, and [...]
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3 Mar
Yes, Virginia, the Amish eat pizza
11 Sep
Lessons of 9/11
Millions of words have been dedicated to the tragedy that was 9/11/2001. Nothing I could write could add to the depth of the sorrow, shock or loss that so many suffered that day. Nothing I can do would add to hope that we are safer, or satisfaction that those responsible have been punished–not even our [...]
4 Aug
You can’t handle the truth!
So there we were, at the Dublin, Ohio Irish Festival this weekend, all of us, even the wee ones, doing what my older children still think is one of the crazier things I do: waiting to encounter someone I met on the Internet.
This delightful woman Daisyfae is the author of Trailer Park Refugee, one of [...]
8 Feb
On true connections
One of the side effects I’ve noticed of our having special children is that we have ‘hermitized’ ourselves. We tend to be insular and stick together and don’t socialize with others, particularly the families we know with neurotypical children the same ages as ours. It saves a lot of explanation. That’s not to say we [...]
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