May 15, 2003
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i had: three dvd tapes, a sharpie marker, the keys to bruce's subaru, chapstick, a receipt from the arcade restaurant in canton, a lens rag, a roll of certs, sunglasses, a headlamp, and driving directions to the swiss village in sugarcreek in my pockets. all were at the risk of falling out onto the hardwood floor and causing distraction. i was trying to maintain eye contact, but he was sitting with his bible very close to the lamp, and i was trying to keep a good exposure. having electricity in an amish family’s house is unusual. What is more unusual is that i was sitting in the family room with them, with a video camera, taping as bruce crawled across their rug with his camera as they had their evening devotions.
we met the miller family as we pulled into sugarcreek about evening time. we drove over the tracks and bruce was eyeing a railroad worker unlinking cars on the track. we pulled into the filling station, and behind us was a massey ferguson parked at the diesel pump. a man in a straw hat was pumping gas into it. it was pulling a wooden wagon with a family of six enjoying a mcdonald’s dinner.
most people smile at a scene like that and drive on. some try to lean out the window and take a picture. we made new friends.
for the rest of the day we learned about the amish religion, lifestyle and the different orders within. we took a walk around their farm. we also learned about midnight, the new pony, the poultry industry — in which many amish are involved — built a campfire in their back yard, and swapped stories of our families.
there is life often unseen and unknown to a lot of people. the more i see and learn of it the more i can take with me; and not just on the film in my pockets.
Todd - wow - it is so very difficult to capture your thoughts with words- in my opinion this is some of the best that you have written. --"Most people smile at a scene like that and drive on. Some try to lean out the window and take a picture. We made new friends". Look forward to seeing the immages that you captured on this one!
Posted by: Dad at May 15, 2003 01:54 PMlast night around 3:30 am perez showed me what you have been writing . you are having such an amazing week. but i wouldnt doubt that with you.. . . and SO is perez- as i write this hes out to stephens with my roommate molly, yea, yea- the one with the boyfriend. such a playboy. get back here soon so he has something to do besides wake me up every day to do nothing with him.
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