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Cookies, Desserts

Meat grinder and fruit press produces yummy cider for the Eicher family

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We are almost halfway through November. So far we are having beautiful weather for November. My husband Joe started our coal stove on Saturday for the first time this season. It seemed later than usual to start it. The house is nice and cozy now. Saturday we were at Jacob and Emma’s. Joe and our sons Benjamin … Continue Reading ››
Desserts, Pies

Elizabeth’s wedding day brings sacred vows and 1,000 meals served

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The wedding day of Timothy and daughter Elizabeth (August 14) is now past. We had a few sprinkles of rain early in the morning and then nice weather the rest of the day. After everything was over and cleaned up, we had a thunderstorm and more than an inch of rain. We were thankful that … Continue Reading ››
Desserts, Pies

Lovina’s prayers of blessing for her daughter on the eve of the wedding

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It is a hot and humid Sunday afternoon. My husband, Joe, and I and our four youngest children are the only ones home this afternoon. Everyone is taking naps. It would be nice to take one too, but I need to get another column written before next week. Church services were held at our neighbors Joas … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

How Lovina and family will manage helping with two Amish weddings in one day!

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June is here already! As I write this, tonight will be daughter Loretta’s eighth grade graduation at the school. This will be the fifth of our eight children completing their school years. Time slips by so fast. Life brings so many changes through the years. Today, June 2, also marks five years now that daughter Verena, … Continue Reading ››
Cookies, Desserts

Christmas countdown energizes Eicher children

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Christmas Day is only days away. Daughter Lovina, 10, and son, Kevin, 9, are keeping track of exactly how many days. Every morning they mark off another day on the calendar. Oh, to be so young and carefree, with only worries such as how many days there are until Christmas! Lovina and Kevin will both be … Continue Reading ››
Desserts

Remembering holidays with parents, plus pumpkin roll recipe

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Monday morning and another rainy day here. Such a change from the snow and cold weather we had a week ago. The house is almost too warm now with the coal stove going. We have some windows open and the stove turned down so it’s not too bad. I’m writing this column earlier in the week … Continue Reading ››
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Grilling for 60 at family picnic: 12-layer Jell-O salad echoes colorful fall

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We have entered the month of October. It’s so hard to believe that autumn is here and the trees are showing their autumn splendor. Our yard is accumulating more leaves every day.
U-pick grape arbor
U-pick grape arbor.
Daughter Verena, 16, and I just came home … Continue Reading ››