"I love seeing my family all in one place making memories. I feel blessed and often wonder if I thank God enough for his many ...

It is Monday evening and we just finished eating supper. It was an easy supper of leftovers from Saturday night’s supper.

We still have quite a few leaves on our trees, so it made for a very scenic view. It was still snowing when we traveled the ...

Michigan had its first snow fall of 3-4 inches and Lovina found it beautiful to behold. The colder weather has her hanging laundry in her living room.

Greetings to all from cold and snowy Michigan! We had our first blast of winter weather over the weekend. Sunday morning we ...

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 column for 11 years. I was a teenager at home ...

Place oven rack in lowest position and heat to 450 degrees. To make topping: In a medium bowl combine 1 cup flour, brown ...

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!

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 ...

It’s another sunshiny February day with the temperatures above freezing. Yesterday, I hung the laundry out on the wash lines to dry. Once again, I was able to bring it all in and fold it and put it ...

This is Loretta, I’m Lovina’s daughter. I haven’t written Mom’s column for a while. I thought that since I have some free ...

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 ...