“What are you doing this afternoon?” a man’s voice came over the line on the telephone. I didn’t know if I were being harassed or this was someone friendly. He sounded friendly, but a harasser can sound that way, too. “Who is this?” I asked.
My Hindu Indian daughter also does not say thank you when I prepare dinner, for example, because that’s what mothers do. To say thanks conveys the belief that you do not already respect that role.
Thanks for the interesting article. I did not know the Amish had little solar powered phone booths before. They accept the use of technology, like phones, when it is not in their home? Or when owned by others (like your car)? Do they have rules about accepting the use of types of medical technology?
Ah, I have learned something from you. A lot, actually, living in rural Iowa as I do and doing a little business in Kalona from time to time. Your story gives me insight. Migwech!
Very interesting subject, Mary - class, culture, and the language of “civility”. How narrow the universe in which most of us live, where accepted responsibility for one another is replaced with constant thanks when graciousness is extended.
Good. (Notice; no "thank you")
My Hindu Indian daughter also does not say thank you when I prepare dinner, for example, because that’s what mothers do. To say thanks conveys the belief that you do not already respect that role.
Thanks for the interesting article. I did not know the Amish had little solar powered phone booths before. They accept the use of technology, like phones, when it is not in their home? Or when owned by others (like your car)? Do they have rules about accepting the use of types of medical technology?
Ah, I have learned something from you. A lot, actually, living in rural Iowa as I do and doing a little business in Kalona from time to time. Your story gives me insight. Migwech!
Very interesting subject, Mary - class, culture, and the language of “civility”. How narrow the universe in which most of us live, where accepted responsibility for one another is replaced with constant thanks when graciousness is extended.
Thank you 😄
This is truly enlightening. I'll be mulling it over for a long time. And thank you for the photos. A solar-powered outhouse in a cornfield!
Fascinating, Mary. And interesting food fir thought in these times of incivility.