Shipshewanna, Indiana may be a tourist trap in some people's minds, but to me, an Amish fiction writer, it is Paradise!   There a...

Did you know that many Amish buggy horses began their careers as racehorses? Yep!        Standard-bred horses have been carefully devel...

This past February, I brought my draft horses into the barn to harness them up. I was planning to hitch them to this little sled that my h...

In this old photo you can see small square bales being hoisted up in to a hay mow. The man on the ground has the trip rope. When the hay ...

The Wellman Advance ran this article on the front page, February 19, 2015. I really thought that Bill Gatchel did an exceptional job writing...

My daughter, Bethany, spent the day with me at the Kalona Draft Horse Sale. She was there on the day of the equipment sale. I took this ...

My wife's Uncle Duane lives in the heart of Amish country. He always has great stories to share with me every time I talk to him. He a...