don't mean to put anyone off here, but the feeling i get reading on this site is most all feel as i do, we are in for a rough ride folks, gather your family and hold on tight, the worst is yet to come.........

i just finished reading something this past week with reference to amish children that sometimes attend public schools, depending on where they live.....i wonder how they deal with it day after day, i sometimes fill in as a library aide at our local middle school and i have to tell you, watching and listening to these children i find them to be very judgemental and cruel to other children, especially the ones that are out of the loop so to speak, the ones that might be a little overweight, or have acne or a hearing aid, or ones that have parents that don't buy them the latest expensive fashions or accessories, and i wonder, HOW DO AMISH CHILDREN survive in this environment, it must be very very hard.......do they come out of it confident, happy teenagers or are they insecure and unhappy  from being ridiculed and picked on????  just really curious......

i was just wondering, i have been reading here about the amish cook friend club and think i would like to join, but i was wondering, what is the premium content you gain access to upon joining?

i have a question and i hope somebody can help me, my manager and i do not know what is legal or what to do, we have a call into the state but getting through to the attorney general or the governors office is not happening very fast.... i work at a convenience store, right down the road from an amish settlement here in my town and at night when i work the young men come in the store to purchase beer, cigarettes and the like, mostly french fries with mayo if you are interested, new york state and the store i work for has a law that no purchases of tobacco or alcohol can be made by anyone that looks under the age of thirty without a photo id, i have had to refuse sales, i get accused of all kinds of things by the boys, i have nothing against any of them, i admire their convictions and life style if the truth be known, but, as i said my manager and i do not know what to do, we could lose our jobs if someone, the wrong someone saw any of us sell them these items without a proper id, which they obviously do not have due to religious convictions, any advice, any info on where we could find out for sure, personal experience, anything would help, we are making some people very angry, HELP, thanks and i love your column, the cookbooks and all, i have been a fan since the first book by elizabeth came out years ago, cheryl ames