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Staying in an Amish home can be a memorable experience. Outsiders often express the desire to visit and even stay with the Amish, to experience Amish life firsthand. Some are motivated by sheer curiosity, or an admiration for the Amish lifestyle.
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Jun 21, 2023 · The Amish are one of the most surprising communities in the United States. Living as they did in the 17th century, they have no electricity or running water ...
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- A Personal Connection
- In The Interest of Transparency…
- Amish 101
- From Pennsylvania to Vermont
- Origins of Vermont’s Amish Community
- “We Help Each Other”
- ‘It’s The Amish Doughnuts’
- "A Deeper Value System"
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On Saturday, Oct. 16, I drove to the town of Brownington, located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. It’s on the eastern side of Interstate 91, just north of Lake Willoughby. I parked in a grassy field lot outside Arnolds Rescue Center, a rare donkey rescue in Brownington. I did meet some donkeys — plus an absolutely enormous mule — but, ultimately, t...
Dean Lehrke originally posed the question at the heart of my reporting: “Why are the Amish moving to Vermont? How are they doing in a state considered secular?” Dean told Brave Little Stateover email that he’s a retired mechanical engineer and has a number of Amish friends. He said he’s curious about the Amish coming to Vermont, specifically, becau...
A note before we go any further: Brave Little Statehas been wrestling over how to approach this episode. We prefer to report stories with and for communities, rather than about them. In this case, though, the question we’ve been asked to answer did not come from an Amish person. If this story were for, and created with, the Amish community, I’m not...
Lesson number one:Amish is a term that describes an ethnic group with common national and cultural traditions. Amish people have their own language — a German dialect called Pennsylvania Dutch — their own way of dressing, and shared Swiss-German and German ancestry. They also generally only marry people in their own population. Lesson number two: A...
The Amish first arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1700s. Since then, they’ve continued to settle elsewhere in the U.S. “There's well over 500 settlements of Amish [people] in North America, and well over 2,000 individual churches within all of those settlements,” says Cory Anderson. He’s a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State’s Population Research Instit...
According to previous news coverage and local residents, Amish families started showing up in Orleans County about six years ago. “Suddenly, I turned around and there were three guys dressed in blue suits and straw hats kind of standing there politely, waiting to get my attention,” says Jane Greenwood, a 72-year-old Brownington resident and retired...
In answering the second part of Dean Lehrke’s question, about how Vermont’s Amish community is doing in a state considered secular, I should say right up front: Vermont is definitely a secular place. In a previous episode, Brave Little State explored how we’re among the least-religious states in the country. But I also want to pause here and rememb...
There’s one connection between Amish and non-Amish community members that feels particularly special in Brownington. And it all started over … doughnuts. “Yep, yep. It's the Amish doughnuts. They got us.” That’s what Bari Fischer told me. She helps run Arnolds Rescue Center with a woman named Sue Arnold. It’s a wildlife rehabilitation center that o...
During that conversation, we were standing next to the food table where all the Amish women were milling about. A little ways away, the Amish men were kind of clumped together too. As for all the non-Amish neighbors, they were in a separate group, mostly sitting down to eat. There was certainly some intermingling, but also very obvious separation. ...
“Yes, the Amish have that sense of community and belonging, but there's a different kind of belonging that comes with being where people understand you.” That’s Saloma Miller Furlong speaking with former VPR staffer Patti Daniels back in 2014 about her memoir, Bonnet Strings: An Amish Woman's Ties to Two Worlds. Saloma left her Amish community — tw...
This list of 10 things about the Amish way of life will give you a sneak peek into how they structure their days. Use these tips as your guide to simple living. Ones that are focused on family, centered in a good work ethic, and how to make time to slow down and enjoy life.
Oct 6, 2020 · Amish families on average probably wake up earlier than 99% of Americans. That’s not only dairy farmers who are on a 4 AM-and-milking schedule. Amish working in other jobs and businesses wake up early as well. Construction workers tend to get an early start.
Jun 26, 2015 · In my “regular life”, I don’t live anything like an Amish lifestyle. So that comes with both its challenges and blessings. Last week I wrote about the hardest things about living with the Amish. This week, as promised, let’s have a look at the five best things.
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Apr 13, 2024 · This article will explore different aspects of the Amish lifestyle, including their beliefs and faith, community and family life, daily routines and work, education and youth, cultural practices, and interactions with the outside world.
