Dutch Butter Cake with Some Digital Nostalgia
What were you doing the summer of 2020? Personally, I hadn’t thought much about it. Then, a week ago I started browsing through some images in my digital archive. Many of these are photos...
What were you doing the summer of 2020? Personally, I hadn’t thought much about it. Then, a week ago I started browsing through some images in my digital archive. Many of these are photos...
It is a known fact within my immediate family that my sister, Barbara (Hagenbuch) Huffman, is an avid birder. She began educating me 50 years ago when she would take Linda and me to...
The following was reported 101 years ago in the “Short and Quick” section of The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: “Corkie” Hagenbuch, of Jamison City, near Bloomsburg, while fishing yesterday in West Creek, caught...
In the previous article about the military service of Andreas’ family, readers were reminded that “big doings” are happening over the next eight years in relation to our country’s founding—our 250th anniversary! I remember...
At the end of a long day of traveling, a young man searched for a spot to camp among an outcropping of boulders. Night was falling on this, the last day of winter, 1899....
Between March and April of 2017, three articles were written about the Revolutionary War service of the patriarch Andreas Hagenbuch’s four sons: Henry (b. 1737), Michael (b. 1746), Christian (b. 1747), and John (b....
The other day my eldest son, William, pointed to a photograph hanging on the wall and asked, “Daddy, what is this picture of?” The photo he was referencing was taken during the summer of...
Quite often, we Christians seek an answer to a problem. We randomly open the Bible to any page and find scripture that the Holy Spirit selects for us as guidance. For this article, I...
Over the years, my father, Mark, and I have featured several stories about quilting. Quilts, unlike the mass-produced textiles of today are one of a kind, personalized items. They are handmade with kindness, love,...
I have been thinking about this article for a few weeks. It is what I would call an opinion piece or maybe better—ramblings! Lately, due to some less-than-good news about my prostate cancer, I...