Barn Raising
Dec. 26th, 2008 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenFolks who've been reading my LJ for a while know this, but for the newer ones, well, I'm a fan of Gene Logsdon. I like the way he writes, thoughtful but with humor, and very informative in a non-laborious way. He has a way with words.
The Barn Raising is an article he originally wrote back in 1983, but seeing as it's about the Amish, it's as timely as ever ;)
In short, it's about how a tornado knocked down 15 acres of wooded land and destroyed 4 Amish barns, and how the Amish community built new barns in just three weeks' time.
But it's also about community, interesting interactions between the Amish and the "English", and how progress as most folks commonly reckon it may not be as advantageous as they might think.
The Barn Raising is an article he originally wrote back in 1983, but seeing as it's about the Amish, it's as timely as ever ;)
In short, it's about how a tornado knocked down 15 acres of wooded land and destroyed 4 Amish barns, and how the Amish community built new barns in just three weeks' time.
But it's also about community, interesting interactions between the Amish and the "English", and how progress as most folks commonly reckon it may not be as advantageous as they might think.
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Date: 2008-12-26 04:11 pm (UTC)We Have One Of His Books
Date: 2008-12-27 09:26 pm (UTC)Looking forward to reading the article.
Hope to see y'all when next I'm out that way. Whenever that is...
Re: We Have One Of His Books
Date: 2008-12-30 03:03 pm (UTC)Someday we'll get together!