This book is older, published in 1989 -- but its a really nice quick read. Sue is from Berkeley - she's an artist and she has seen an Amish quilt that she loves and can't stop thinking about. This quilt inspires two longer stays with two Amish families. I really loved reading about her observations of these families and the Amish culture in general. It seems that the culture really puts a higher value on the whole, and diminishes the importance of the individual . The other part that struck me was the essence of time in this culture. I wonder if our A.D.H.D., go-go-go, media ridden lives makes us all a little more nuttier than the folks wearing clothes from a different time driving buggies? Being connected to one another and their land seems to give them a great sense of purpose that we often miss in our lives.
Now I want to go visit the Amish!
