It is Tuesday morning, just past 5 a.m. My husband Joe left for another day at the metal and truss shop. Son Benjamin left around 4:30. Son Kevin is still sleeping, and I need to get this column ...

Lovina’s Amish Kitchen is written by Lovina Eicher, Old Order Amish writer, cook, wife, and mother of eight. Her three cookbooks, The Cherished Table, The Essential Amish Cookbook, and Amish Family ...

A big thank you to all of the readers who came to my book signing at the Nappanee Public Library in Indiana. Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement. Thank you to my great friend Ruth for ...

Daughter Verena turned 26 on Dec. 10. Grandson Timothy (T.J.) will be 5 on Dec. 17, granddaughter Allison will be 4 on Dec. 27, and my husband Joe will be 55 on Dec. 22. Happy birthday to all of them!

We are having lovely fall weather! The trees are getting prettier each day and are in their autumn splendor. Only our Master Artist could paint such a lovely scene. Before ...

Yesterday, the mercury on our thermometer dipped down to 29 degrees. We had a good frost, but we don’t think it did any damage to my pepper plants. Still, we are going to pick what’s left on there and ...

Last week I wrote about how chilly it was and this week we are wishing we had some of that cool air. It has been a warm muggy week. We had a thunderstorm and quite a bit of rain during the night.

I wrote last week about how chilly it was, and now this week we are wishing we had some of that cool air. It has been a warm, muggy week. We had a thunderstorm and quite a bit of rain one night. Maybe ...

Lovina Eicher’s son-in-law Mose was injured in a car accident on Dec. 9. His injuries were severe, and he passed away the morning of Dec. 14. Lovina asks readers to hold Susan and children Jennifer, ...

Saturday we left at 6 a.m. to go help sister Emma and Jacob butcher three hogs. One of the hogs was for Menno (Menno is a special friend of niece Emma, 19 — Emma and Jacob’s daughter). Menno lives ...

It was snowing most of the day yesterday, although there was not much accumulation. It really does feel good to have heat in the house again. We had let the stove go out over the warm-up. I have been ...

Another hot week in July! Last week we had over an inch of rain but it didn’t cool off much. Today son Kevin had a therapy appointment so I took him to town. With the heat, I didn’t want to take the ...