An Amish Family in Their Wheat Field

Here is a family of Amish people working in their wheat field.  That’s a father, three sons and a daughter.  If you compare this photo with yesterday’s photo, you will readily see what a large job it is to work a farm by the old methods.  It is a difficult task to hold true to the traditions that make the Amish community so distinct.  But that is the Amish way – to hold fast to the old ways and traditions.  It is a lifestyle choice that is as sacred to them as the scriptures.  This will be the theme of my tenth Amish-Country Mystery: the transcendent importance of traditions in Amish society.  I am now almost finished writing the story, and I hope you can wait just a little bit longer to read it.

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