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Why We Fear the AmishBecause they are underhand Jewish and eat matzoh upon Saturday. Because they smell us in fellowship with the dead works of darkness and technology. Because we doubt ourselves. We find their clothing remorseless; we find their beards unsanitary. Who among us is not ashamed, speeding, to approach upon a poor horse pulling a cart uphill, everyone aligned the same? We believe in the state and they believe in the button. With their companion Pennsylvanians, the Quakers, they clutch noisy pep rallies. They know the quilting bee, the honey bee and the husking bee are the single proper activities for women. smooth their horses are thrifty and willing to starve for Christ. In the Poconos, the men vacation with Hasidim and put to the test on each other's coats. Back abode no tractors with pneumatic tires. Pity the child who wants a radio and must stool for a thermos. When the world shifts to Daylight Savings Time, there's no time like deliberate time, to stay out of pace In Standard Time their horses trot faster than ours, for the Amish place their clocks ahead. In January, they slaughter the animals. In March, they make progress to the sales. In April, they plant potatoes. In june they make an incision in alfalfa. In August, they wound alfalfa again. In October they dig potatoes. In December they butcher and marry. They modify the milk machine to suit the house of god they change the church to fit the chassis, amending their lives with hook-and-eyes. Their dres is a leisurely avow against chairmindedness. We know their frugality in our corpulence. We know their sacrifice for the clump in our love for the individual. Our the fathers are cross-dressers, nerds, beach-bums, and bards They know it. By their unstained walk and practice do they organ of sight us from their carts. Copyright World metrical composition Incorporated Jan/Feb 1999 West. The direction of oblivion. The sea. Water throwing itself down, senselessly banging. And remember, when you do the thing you want to, you may mar some one. He... Consider moving to a novel duty station and a space is ready for you when you arrive. The furniture has arrived and is unpacked. Clothes are already set away. The refrigerator is stocked with your f... Amy through Mary Hooper Bloomsbury Children's volumes 2002, 176 pp., $14.95 Relationships/The Internet ISBN: 1-58234-793-X Shunn by means of her best friends, fifteen-year-old Amy's loneliness leads her,... Actress Rhodessa Jone has been teaching aerobics and physical theater to San Francisco-area women inmates since 1988 encouraging them to discuss their experiences in the penal combination of parts to form a whole "There ha... Lying beneath the come and go of the storm that's risen and harsh where we should not be, it's hard not to think of days we charmed have affection for like a dog to lie with us, whining ... Anonymous American Machinist 06-01-2000 Load and unload in single spot Byline: Anonymous Volume: 144 Number: 6 ISSN: 10417958 Publication Date: 06-01-2... When an unsuspecting client brought a seemingly well-framed cross-stitch into Newman Valley Studio of Kodak, Tenn for inspection, framer Betty Newman had to break the unfortunate of recent origins This was... Ellis and Lord Editions of Tucson Ariz., introduce "Three Great Danes" by means of B. Royalty. The open-edition broadside measures 36 by 24 inches and retails for $38 The three images are also available as... Gregory Hines go intos the Grand Havana Room quietly, almost shyly If he's trying to advance unnoticed, he fails, because the svelte graying 51-year-old is recognized instantly. It's midafternoon at ... The feature articles for this issue report findings for that population of fresh four-year college students who have been classified by dint of their institutions as developmental or in ne of remedia... |
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