The Amish community is admired not just for their craftsmanship and strong sense of community but also for their ability to live simply and frugally. Embracing many Amish practices in our modern lives can lead to significant savings and a more sustainable lifestyle. Here are 25 ways you can live frugally, inspired
Simple living means simple cooking (and we can get behind that).
More than 8.5 million people visit Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, every year to experience the culture of the oldest Amish community in the world. This book by the leading scholar of the Amish explains the uncommon lifestyle of these simple-living people who intrigue so many visitors. Mini essays on all aspects of Amish life, from dress and spirituality to horse-and-buggy transport, are accompanied by beautiful full-color photographs. The author also discusses myths about the Amish, their selective use of technology, the current media attention to Rumspringa, and the tragedy at the Nickel Mines school. Illustrations, unspecified; Maps; Halftones, Color including Color Photographs
A previous post on this topic gave some Pennsylvania Dutch words which were used to describe some basic foods which were common during the Civil War period. This post includes some of the Pennsylv…
Wanting to live a more frugal and simple life? The Amish people can teach us a lot about living a simple and frugal life.
In diverse staten van Amerika en in Ontario wonen mensen die leven volgens strenge christelijke regels: de Amish. Ze worden ook Eenvoudige mensen of...
Discover the power of an Amish Daily Schedule to transform your productivity and mindset! with an example of a daily routine lived by the Amish, giving you a roadmap for intentional living.
Children in the class are Amish, Mennonite, and Pennsylvania Dutch. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1942
The change: choosing to have a heart of gratitude. How many of us knows that person who complains about everything? That person that complains about the weather, complains about their spouse, comp…
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Get a visual description of who the Amish are with this helpful infographic created by DutchCrafters Amish Furniture.
Learn how to let go, pare down, and shut it off so you can embrace simple living.
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Ever wonder if plain living is right for you? Learn these 10 lessons and observations from the Amish and Mennonites (and the differences between them) from author and real life Mennonite background Georgia. Listen to
Awhile ago, having just moved to Ohio from the east coast, I decided to spend New Year’s Eve with the Amish. Well, not really with the Amish but in the place where the Amish live: Amish country, th…
Bare feet and work boots shuffle on the wooden floor of the Amish schoolhouse as the children settle into tight rows of scuffed metal desks across the room from their parents — the men on one set of benches, women on another, some cradling younger children.
Wanting to live a more frugal and simple life? The Amish people can teach us a lot about living a simple and frugal life.
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These principles (similar to the list that Wendell Berry laid out more than two decades ago in Home Economics) provide guidelines for a simpler, slower, more sustainable life. They offer me hope.
From the Inquirer Magazine of the Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1998. Unwaxed lemons would be ideal for this if you can find them.
The smell of fresh baked bread, a walk to the mailbox and laundry drying in the sun are just a few things that keep me grounded to a simpler way of life.
Want to live like the Amish? Here are 23 Ways to Live the Amish Lifestyle (without being Amish).
Or as the Amish people say, "what happens in Lancaster, stays in Lancaster." More
