David Yutzy is an Amish man about 70 years old or around that, I would say. About 3 years ago, Debi Pearl assisted me on a trip to Mexico for stem cell treatments. She was my wheelchair pusher, my third arm, and my faithful confidant. One fine misty Mexico morning, Debi took my arm and […]
Nothing in life is all Cake and Pie. Sometimes you can have the cake but never get to eat it. Life is bitter sweet, some things are hard to swallow. The trick is to make sweet lemonade with those sour, sour, lemons. So many times when I write here I try to find all the
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Rolling hills and fences flowing, Horses pull wagons for hay mowing. Smells so sweet the fresh mown hay, It lays along rows where the grasshoppers play. The men are in the fields hard at work now, Workin the land by the sweat of their brow. They know the land like a mold they did cast,
Erin has asked me to write about myself. She said that the Post folks would be interested in knowing how Evie and I learned our skills that help us live a pioneer lifestyle. Right now we are not able to live as complete a pioneer life as we have in the past or would like
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The washhouse is near completion and there are much woes for a homestead lady on washday during the winter months. After my husband drove me many times in the horseless carriage to my mother’s home loaded down with many baskets of laundry to wash in her electric machine, I realized there must be some
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Basics in Homesteading: Where Do You Start? I understand from Mark and Erin Harrison that people on the post have been wondering what has become of us. Wonder of wonders, some have even missed us. When the computer crashed it was several months before we could get in fixed and the only connection we
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It has truly been a beautiful time of year here in Amish Land. The children have been spending much time outside in the fluffy white snow building snowmen and forts, sledding and sleigh riding. The crisp air and blue skies make an almost dreamy feel. When the sun shines, it glistens over the snow making
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We are so excited that two very special blogs have featured or mentioned our new Homesteading for Beginners DVD. I have provided links to check out their wonderful blogs and also what nice things they wrote. ~Mark and Erin Harrison SurvivalBlog.com I just heard that until December 31st, the complete set of the excellent Homesteading for
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Things have certainly been busy as you can see in the above drawing. Molly drew this picture of her perception on daily life. Children often draw things that they are interested in or things that are extremely familiar to them. It was a joy to find this drawing, knowing how happy the children really are
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Here is our little “Sunshine”. We found her in the pasture being guarded by none other than Sally the painted pony. She would not even let the mother of this precious creature near her. It was late in the evening when we arrived home from a gathering. Mark told the boys that they were going
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