Pop culture portrays the Amish community as a living time capsule, a throwback to a simpler time, and to an extent, that’s accurate. Many Amish drive horse-drawn buggies instead of automobiles, play board games instead of PlayStation and meet face-to-face instead of texting. They set themselves apart from the English—anyone who is not Amish—with their…
By Nancy Wigston Three nights in Tokyo Japanese winters are fairly mild with rare snowfalls, apart from the Hokkaido ski slopes. This makes winter a perfect time to see Tokyo and other Japanese cities without the tourist crowds of spring and summer. Tokyo has a population of 37 million. Despite its size, the world’s largest…
By Steffy McCourt Untouched by the glaciers that leveled the northern part of the state, Southern Indiana swells and ebbs against an unending sky, forested hills, and ancient farms. On its winding two-lane roads, it unfolds like a good story… slow turns, familiar scenes, a feeling that you’ve been here before, even if you haven’t.…