Several weeks ago Wanda and I headed down to Baltic, Ohio to eat at Miller’s Dutch Kitchen. It had been a while since we made the short trip south of Berlin to eat there. On the way there, we saw lots of horse and buggies and Amish young people riding bikes, on their way towards Baltic. Unbeknownst to us, it was the first night of the Baltic, Ohio Homecoming. After a delicious meal at Miller’s we headed on over to the park area and spent a bit of time there and had some home-made ice cream. The main event was the Amish girls volleyball tournament. [Read more…]
Doughty Run School Benefit Auction
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the Doughty Run School Auction for the first time. The auction is held annually on the second Saturday of July at Wise’s School which is located on SR 557 between Berlin and Charm, Ohio. The auction is designed to raise funds for four different Amish schools in the Doughty Creek and Becks Mills, Ohio area. [Read more…]
Holmes County Garden Tour by Every Woman’s House
Earlier this week I saw a post on Facebook by Beth Beechy, of Winesburg, regarding this year’s Holmes County Garden Tour. Beth is one of the founder of Circle of Friends and has a blog on the organization’s web site at Beth Beechy – Confessions of a Peace Lover. So early this morning, before the tour began, I headed over to one of this year’s tour locations near Mt. Hope, Ohio. [Read more…]
Walnut Creek Vintage Fair
Judging by the number of people that showed up, the first annual Walnut Creek Vintage Fair was a big success. On Saturday morning, Wanda and I arrived at the Vintage Fair at about 9am and there were already lots of people on hand. Galen Swartzentruber, the manager of Walnut Creek Furniture, told me there were plenty of folks there when the fair opened at 7am. He said there were about 15 different vendors present to display there wares. Lots of people came to hunt for unique treasures. There were old doors and windows, crafts, old tables and chairs, other wooden items, decorative items, and a whole lot more. In addition to old, one of a kind vintage products, I saw that Walnut Creek Furniture had a pretty good sale going on some new furniture pieces. [Read more…]
Horse Progress Days – Mt. Hope
The annual Horse Progress Days event was held in Mt. Hope, Ohio today. This is quite an event with thousands of people from all over the U.S. and even foreign countries in attendance. I got there this morning around 11am and the place was already jam packed with people. The weather was mid-70’s with low humidity, couldn’t have been any better. This was my first time at this show and I must say it is very impressive; especially the innovative farming equipment that they are designing and building today. It’s come a long way since my grandpa did farming, even if they’re still using horses. [Read more…]
Down Home Gospel Sing – Doughty Valley
On Saturday night I headed down to Troyer’s, located in a beautiful setting at the Doughty Valley Creek, to the 19th annual “Down Home Gospel Sing”. It’s the first time I’ve been there and it proved to be a very popular event in Ohio’s Amish Country. Troyer’s Hollow is aptly name because it really is a hollow. The only entrance into the hollow by vehicles is down a long, steep, and winding road with a dense growth of trees on either side. Way down in there’s this beautiful open area with the Doughty Creek running along the south side of the hollow. [Read more…]
Frohliche Dorf (Happey Village)
Several years ago, when I walked through the doors of Central Christian School’s (CCS) Performing Arts Center in Kidron, Ohio, I had no idea what to expect from the evening. I’d been told enough to pique my interest, but not so much that it would remove the element of surprise.
What I knew was the name of the show, the Frohliche Dorf, German for “happy village.” I knew the show was a benefit for CCS’s music department. I also knew that the Dorf would be a live variety show written by CCS’s music director, Tim Shue, and his collaborator Brenda Troyer. Shue is a creative powerhouse, the mind and energy behind some of the area’s best musical endeavors, which he sandwiches between teaching at CCS, stalking wild birds, hand-carving wooden bowls and spoons in his home Shudio, and raising delightful daughters and charming chickens. He does quality work, and I figured this would be no exception. [Read more…]
Berlin Germany Oberbürgermeister (Mayor) Welcomes Berlin Ohio to the World Wide Berlin Project
A couple of days ago, Claus Wischmann, of the World Wide Berlin project arrived in Berlin, Ohio. Claus is the film director for the Berlin, Ohio USA segment of the 3 hour film documentary to be aired on German national television on New Year’s day 2015. We’ve been working hard and having lots of fun planning the schedule of scenes for next week’s shooting sessions. Today Claus and I visited Eli Hochstetler (Small) of The Gospel Book Store in Berlin, Ohio. Claus delivered a welcome letter from the Mayor of Berlin, Germany to the people of Berlin, Ohio, with “very warm regards from the German Capital”. The letter is in German but there’s also an English translation. See translation below. [Read more…]
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