by Jennifer Beckstrand | Jul 9, 2019 | Family, Motherhood
| By Richard Gappmayer, Jennifer’s father| My father was wise. He told me that complaining serves no useful purpose. And nobody wants to hear my complaints. If I was in a situation that I did not like, I should either get out of it or change it, but in no way...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | May 27, 2019 | Amish, Author's Corner, Family
| By Laura Bradford | Greetings! Jennifer was kind enough to invite me here today to tell you a wee bit about my newly released women’s fiction novel, A Daughter’s Truth. For me, A Daughter’s Truth is about those moments in life that come out of nowhere and shake us...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | May 13, 2019 | Family, Humor
| By Anne Gappmayer, Jennifer’s mother | A few years after WWII, I was in sixth grade when I met Spud. He was the new kid at our school. Spud was big and husky and quickly became known as a bully. He was constantly beating up other boys, pulling girls’ hair,...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 11, 2019 | Family, Farming&Gardening
| Written by Richard Gappmayer, Jennifer’s father, age 82 | Every farm needs a few horses, either to ride, pull the wagon and the cultivator, or to look at. My father had them for all three reasons as well as to talk about them with his neighbors. He had a real...
by Jennifer | Feb 4, 2019 | Cooking, Family
If you live on Huckleberry Hill, you eat a lot of huckleberries. Here is a sweet, mild recipe for huckleberry pie from my friend Lori Peterson. My son helped me make pies one day. (He is a very nice son.) The directions are very straightforward. The hardest part about...
by Jennifer | Jan 21, 2019 | Family, Quilting Bee
I recently made a quilt for my friend’s new granddaughter. It is a really easy quilt to make. I should know because I’m not a master seamstress, and it was easy for me. And it turned out so cute! Here are the instructions I got from the fabric store. As...
