Old Order Mennonite Memoirs

Mark Twain said, “Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get. In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” Maybe the spring weather was more erratic in Mississippi or Connecticut where he lived, but I think the Morrisons Cove of Pennsylvania would run a close second.

Wind, strong enough to make my bike stray toward the middle of the road, is what we had last Monday. Sunshine came on Tuesday, as my husband and I went to help clean the church house and warmth to conduct the evening’s spring peeper chorus.

With continued sun and wind, my effo...