Mary Swander’s Buggy Land

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It usually takes the Amish gravedigger three days to ready a grave. And there is no searching around for space in a family plot, no worries about…
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St. Brendan's
There was little extra room in St. Brendan’s Graveyard on Omey Island, just off the west coast of Ireland. I was there searching for the graves of my…
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Happy Anniversary to Buggy Land!
“Are you at your computer?” Julie Gammack said over the phone. “Okay, click here. Now there.” “What am I clicking, Julie?” “Now click on the pull-down…
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Today I bought my own tombstone. No, I’m not ill. I haven’t felt better in years, but recently I updated my will, and my lawyer suggested that I get my…
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The Call of the Corncrake
The Amish have continued gathering around Bertha’s deathbed, each neighboring household rotating throughout the week to the Yutzy’s farm to open their…
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Once the Air Had Cleared
The crop dusters had just disappeared into the horizon, the roar of their motors replaced by the voices of my Amish neighbors. The Yutzy family sang a…
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Planes Circling Above
Vrrrrrrrrrrrrroom. The crop dusters are coming soon to a location near you. The small planes circle the fields at this time of year, spraying fungicides…
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Under a Large Tent
If you’re going to go to the bother and expense of putting up a tent, you might as well leave it up. That’s what my Mennonite neighbors thought, anyway…
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I Do
The cookstoves rolled down the road in front of my house. It was June, time for Joe and Clara’s wedding. One, two, three, four cookstoves passed by…
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Mary Swander’s Buggy Land
Mary Swander’s Buggy Land
The Amish, sustainability, and the wider rural environment.
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