Farewell, Jimmy: Our Visit to the Carter Presidential Center
Jimmy Carter passed away yesterday. He lived a good long life, and did a lot of good things along the way, too. But why would […]
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How to Plan Your Own Mennonite History Trip to Poland
In early 2020, we made plans to visit Ukraine with Andrew’s parents, including the village (Ruckenau) where Andrew’s grandfather was born. We had everything figured […]
Lucky Life (I get to go on the Russlaender 100 Tour!)
They say you make your own luck. But it’s probably not as simple as that. And we each mean something different when we use that […]
Shocked: A Homecoming Story
I was gone for a bit there — being a teacher’s wife, I’d been tapped to help chaperone 38 students on a trip to Japan, […]
There is a Babushka Trail. There Should be a Mennonite Trail!
I wrote this post in 2020, but never finished because I thought I should say more things, better things. I felt overwhelmed and never revisited […]