Old Order Mennonite Memoirs

Last week had its share of surprises. The first wonder came on Monday, May 4, when Lofty Heights arrived unannounced with all their equipment and tools to take down five dying scotch pines in our yard and also one crippled maple tree that threatened to collapse on electricity lines in our front lawn. My husband had hired them to come for this job but we didn't know when. Buzzing chain saws melted through hard wood and sawdust drifted in the sunny wind while at the same time, workers fed branches and trunks into the hungry mouth of the roaring chipper.

Just as I was thinking I need some little...