Put a single layer of saltine or graham crackers side by side (with 4 sides touching one another) on a 10 by 15-inch rimmed cookie sheet, lined with parchment paper. Bring butter and brown sugar to a ...

Gloria Yoder is an Amish mom, writer and homemaker in rural Illinois. The Yoders travel primarily by horse-drawn buggy and live next to the settlement’s one-room schoolhouse. Readers can write to ...

Gloria took the week after Thanksgiving off from writing the column, but she will be back next week. As her editor and a writer myself, I can attest to the rigors of writing a weekly column. She and I ...

Good morning! Thanksgiving greetings from our home to yours. Thanksgiving, in our home, spells out relaxation, kin and gratitude. Thanksgiving is not celebrated the same each year. As a girl, I ...

The last few days have been rainy. The many, many leaves that have not been picked up are now matted to the wet grass. It will be more of a challenge to use the leaf blower now. Joe started the coal ...

Years had passed since I had set foot on an icy pond. Motherhood had taken over, and priorities had shifted. That evening 10 years ago, we had taken baby Julia along to the neighbors, where she ...

This year our family will gather on Christmas Day. What a joy it is to me when we can be with our loved ones. Let us remember ...

My kitchen is torn to pieces; everything is a huge mess. Before you get worried, though, I’m having an amazing day! Thanks to the kindness and generosity of those who had never met us, I am getting ...

We are enjoying a week of warmer, summer-like weather. It sure is appreciated after the early cold snap we had last week. The children were tired of wearing shoes after a mainly barefoot summer. I'm ...