Amish (August 20, 2008)

We ran into a dozen or so Amish in a Flying J truck stop in Berkshire, Ohio. You could tell they were Amish by their wearing traditional clothes and speaking German. I've always admired the Amish. They live the way they want to live, they don't care how others live, and all they ask for is to be left alone with the little bit of land they own.

But what were they doing in a truck stop? I looked around and couldn't find a horse and buggy. Then Heidi told me they had come in a white E-based Ford van driven by someone else. Sure enough, I saw some emerging from the van.

Isn't that cheating?

I don't get tired of looking at farmhouses. Particularly among fields of corn. I wondered aloud why that is, and Heidi said, "Perhaps you were a corn farmer in a past life." I answered, "Stop reading my mind!"

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