Dis es my blotts, do bish kiddendish!

I feel very fortunate to have known an Amish family or two. My mother worked at the Amish market in our town for years and befriended an young Amish lady, Ruthie, well enough that we visited her a number of times over the years. We even went to her wedding!

The Amish make me think of good food, great company (Amish men don't seem to say much but the women are often so frank and funny), homes that even for their lack of lights and all the gas-run appliances are very comfortable, amazing vegetable gardens, and the odd lilt of Pennsylvania Dutch. My sister and I asked Ruthie's little sister Suzanne all manner of questions about not having a car or electricity in her home and she in turn shared her view of the "English," all people not Amish. Those were very good times.