Nothing in life happens without some motivation and effort. We have been blessed with an ample amount of work in the furniture shop these days. My husband Daniel and brother, Javin, who are co-owners ...

Another week has gone by and it’s time to pen this column again. It is 4:30 a.m. and both boys are off to work. The rest are still asleep. I could use a few more winks myself, but first I need to make ...

Amish hot fudge cake 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup unsweetened cocoa 1 cup sugar about 1/2 cup milk 2 tablespoons shortening, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix ...

Hello to all of our faithful readers. This week, I would like to rerun a couple recipes that some of you have been asking about. Next week I’ll be filling you in on more of what is happening in the ...

I am sitting here drinking coffee and enjoying a piece of zucchini coffee cake that a lady from our church district dropped off for us. It is delicious, and I would like to ask her for the recipe. I ...

Happy third anniversary to daughter Loretta and Dustin on October 1! I wish them many more happy, healthy years together. It is still so hard for me to believe that five out of our eight children are ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An Amish buggy, it's not exactly 80 tons of monstrous truck. A grocery store job frying doughnuts and decorating cakes, it's not exactly hauling twin beds of freight 10 hours in the ...

It is laundry day again, which means it’s Monday. I always like to write this column before I go to the basement to start washing clothes. When Joe left for work this morning at 3:45 a.m. it was ...

Long before the Internet came along to change the world of researching, it was libraries and -- I kid you not -- people, who were the great ambassadors of knowledge. I have always had a fascination ...

A little over a month ago, TLC launched in the UK. Its opening night was a nonstop lowbrow spectacle of almost orgiastic proportions. Everything was pink. Lisa Snowdon's face was all over the place. A ...