100 Days in Rochester

While sitting in a coffee shop yesterday and cranking up my laptop that little message from my backup program appeared in the top right of my display to alert me to the fact of “No backups on xxxx for 99 days”. So I scribbled down some numbers on my...

Pilgrimage to the Adirondack Mountains

During the month of September I took a pilgrimage back to the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in New York State. I had not been there in 25+ years. In my early years we would travel as a family to Indian Lake – both a small town and a lake – to visit my...

Standing on the Corner

Watching all the Girls go by This was taken in downtown Lancaster City on a beautiful Saturday afternoon near the Central Market. Most likely this Amish gentleman had been working at one of the market stands and was waiting for his ride to pick him up on West King...

Amish Travel

Catching the Amtrak This is my first time seeing Amish using Amtrak to get somewhere. This was in Lancaster as I was getting off the westbound Keystone train from Philly heading towards Harrisburg. It is my understanding that Amish don’t fly on airplanes. ...

No Photos, Please

Do Selfies Count? This was taken in the Lancaster Central Market – while it was closed today (notice that this market stand was covered). I was in setting up a credit card machine for a new customer and tweaking another for an existing customer. The Amish...