HI Mary I am reading An Amish Christmas December in Lancaster County. It is a series of stories by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Barbara Cameron, It was a Christmas gift from a grown daughter of a friend. My eyesight has deteoriated so I have not been reading like I used to. I put on two pairs of glasses and I am good to go. Love it. How are you finding German for Dummies? I would like to learn some German. I corrospond with a man from the town of some ancestors. He has been wonderful to e mail with. His English is wonderful and I know maybe 5 words, I would love to be able to know what he is sending me. Hugs, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sayman" <marysaerie@stny.rr.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] PA Dutch themed Fiction > Karen, > > These sound like wonderful books, especially the Myers' series. I loved > 'Murder She Wrote' and watched it faithfully every week. I'm not really > crazy about the other type of mysteries. My mother loved them and used to > read every one she could get her hands on, especially Agatha Christie > novels. My gruesome side is reading Steven King books, which I haven't > done > in a while. I'm on to other venues for a while when I have a chance, > reading a few pages at a time in three totally different books. I also > borrowed a friend's 'German for Dummies' and 'Spanish for Dummies' books > and > CDs, so I'm dabbling in learning another language, or at least a few > phrases. > > Any body else doing any reading? > > Mary from her Aerie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Fox > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:23 PM > To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PD-LIFE] PA Dutch themed Fiction > > When it comes to reading with a PA Dutch theme, there is a terrific cozy > mystery series that I can recommend. > > A cozy mystery is genre of light mysteries, in the vein of "Murder She > Wrote" rather than hard boiled, more explictly > violent, dark thriller mysteries. > > Anyway, there is a series by Tamar Myers, Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries > with > Recipes. The star of the book series is Magdalena Yoder, an > Amish-Mennonite > sleuth who runs a bed and breakfast (the converted family homestead) in > the > mythical town of Hernia.. To me, Hernia sure sounds a lot like Adamstown > in > Lancaster County. Anyway, each book is peppered with actual recipes. The > ones I've tried have all turned out delicious. There are 18 books in the > series so far, starting with "Too Many Crooks Spoil The Broth" (1993). In > Feb 2010, the latest volume was released in hardcover, "Butter Safe Than > Sorry". Magdalena is written as a smart, no-nonsense and down-to-earth > woman > with an exasperated sense of humor. > > Tamar Myers was raised as a Mennonite and grew up in the Belgian Congo, > where her parents were missionaries. > > She has also written another cozy mystery series set in the Carolinas and > centers around the adventures of Abigail Timberlake, the proud owner of a > Charlotte (and later Charleston) antique store, the Den of Antiquity (Den > of > Antiquity series). and some "orphan" (non-series) novels. > > Check out her Magdalena Yoder books! > > Regards, > Karen from Berks County > >> For all of you people who would like to be able to spend more time in >> Amish >> Country, a great substitute might be reading some books based in an >> Amish >> setting. I enjoy the writings of Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter. >> Many of the writings are set in Lancaster County, Pa with some based in >> Ohio >> or Indiana settings. I met Wanda on a book signing trip at Shady Maple >> several years ago. Good's store always features their new releases! >> June > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sally, Comparatively speaking, German - for me - is a little more difficult. While I am getting so I recognize the words, it's the Sound of the letters (those umlauts mess me up a lot) together with the pronunciation that gets me. I just keep re-reading until I get it. The books have short conversations in them which are also on the CDs so one can hear exactly how the words are pronounced which I listen to over and over until I can repeat it correctly. It is a process. Where does your correspondent live? Is he from the SEAMAN village area in Germany? If he writes in German, there is a pretty good translator at www.babelfish.com . I use it quite often. Have you tried one of the page-size magnifiers to help with your reading? Hugs, Mary -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Russ & Sally Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:31 AM To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] PA Dutch themed Fiction HI Mary I am reading An Amish Christmas December in Lancaster County. It is a series of stories by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Barbara Cameron, It was a Christmas gift from a grown daughter of a friend. My eyesight has deteoriated so I have not been reading like I used to. I put on two pairs of glasses and I am good to go. Love it. How are you finding German for Dummies? I would like to learn some German. I corrospond with a man from the town of some ancestors. He has been wonderful to e mail with. His English is wonderful and I know maybe 5 words, I would love to be able to know what he is sending me. Hugs, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sayman" <marysaerie@stny.rr.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] PA Dutch themed Fiction > Karen, > > These sound like wonderful books, especially the Myers' series. I loved > 'Murder She Wrote' and watched it faithfully every week. I'm not really > crazy about the other type of mysteries. My mother loved them and used to > read every one she could get her hands on, especially Agatha Christie > novels. My gruesome side is reading Steven King books, which I haven't > done > in a while. I'm on to other venues for a while when I have a chance, > reading a few pages at a time in three totally different books. I also > borrowed a friend's 'German for Dummies' and 'Spanish for Dummies' books > and > CDs, so I'm dabbling in learning another language, or at least a few > phrases. > > Any body else doing any reading? > > Mary from her Aerie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Fox > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:23 PM > To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PD-LIFE] PA Dutch themed Fiction > > When it comes to reading with a PA Dutch theme, there is a terrific cozy > mystery series that I can recommend. > > A cozy mystery is genre of light mysteries, in the vein of "Murder She > Wrote" rather than hard boiled, more explictly > violent, dark thriller mysteries. > > Anyway, there is a series by Tamar Myers, Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries > with > Recipes. The star of the book series is Magdalena Yoder, an > Amish-Mennonite > sleuth who runs a bed and breakfast (the converted family homestead) in > the > mythical town of Hernia.. To me, Hernia sure sounds a lot like Adamstown > in > Lancaster County. Anyway, each book is peppered with actual recipes. The > ones I've tried have all turned out delicious. There are 18 books in the > series so far, starting with "Too Many Crooks Spoil The Broth" (1993). In > Feb 2010, the latest volume was released in hardcover, "Butter Safe Than > Sorry". Magdalena is written as a smart, no-nonsense and down-to-earth > woman > with an exasperated sense of humor. > > Tamar Myers was raised as a Mennonite and grew up in the Belgian Congo, > where her parents were missionaries. > > She has also written another cozy mystery series set in the Carolinas and > centers around the adventures of Abigail Timberlake, the proud owner of a > Charlotte (and later Charleston) antique store, the Den of Antiquity (Den > of > Antiquity series). and some "orphan" (non-series) novels. > > Check out her Magdalena Yoder books! > > Regards, > Karen from Berks County > >> For all of you people who would like to be able to spend more time in >> Amish >> Country, a great substitute might be reading some books based in an >> Amish >> setting. I enjoy the writings of Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter. >> Many of the writings are set in Lancaster County, Pa with some based in >> Ohio >> or Indiana settings. I met Wanda on a book signing trip at Shady Maple >> several years ago. Good's store always features their new releases! >> June > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message