It’s a beautiful Monday evening here on the Eicher homestead. We had such a nice sunny day, which made for a good laundry day. The solar eclipse was today. How amazing is God’s creation. The ...

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!

Image Credit: Shutterstock. The Amish kitchen runs on human power. Instead of electric mixers, blenders, and grinders, they use manual appliances like butter churns, hand-crank grain mills, and manual ...

At 10 a.m. the temperature is still only at zero degrees with a wind chill of 17 below zero. The last several days we have had even colder temperatures and wind chill down to minus 27 degrees. It’s ...

Fall used to be daughter Verena's favorite season. Now, that's summer. She also shares a recipe for venison chili.

Saturday our family came home for the day to assist us with our work, except daughter Loretta and Dustin. Daughter Verena and I made 50 breakfast burritos to serve for breakfast. Daughter Elizabeth ...

Sister-in-law Nancy’s 62nd birthday is on April 23. Brother Amos passed away suddenly six years ago, leaving Nancy a widow. May you have a wonderful birthday, Nancy! Last Friday evening, Joe and I ...

A late bounty of garden vegetables is pictured. Oct. 1, 2002 (23 years ago), I wrote my first column. I thought it would be interesting to all the new and old readers. My mother penned the Amish Cook ...

Oh my! Three days left until daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding. Everything is starting to fall into place, but once again, I feel nervous that I might have forgotten something. I’m sure I have, but ...