Live in the Hudson Valley. Married to Kent, we have five children. Editor for @Plough, member of the Bruderhof.
Joined August 2020
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They've been married for 50 years today.
Celebrating with 8 children and their spouses plus 35 grandchildren.
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All, we're starting to think about a couple of new issues: Man/Woman and Hospitality & Food. Who should write for us on what topics about these things?
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“It would not have been surprising if most legislators had decided to go with the flow, leaving a few old and/or declaredly religious people to fight a losing battle. This did not happen. Indeed, I have never previously seen a pro-life movement in Britain act with such coherence, determination, and awareness of modern and media sensibilities.” —Charles Moore
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“Mid-October is peak fall color in the Hudson Valley, and I love to go down to our wide, shallow lake around sunset, when the maples and the evening sky paint the surface.” —Maureen Swinger
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Congratulations to Plough writers Edwidge Danticat and Sara Nović who are finalists for the 2026 National Book Award!
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“Jesus’ generosity explodes the philosophers’ careful boundaries around friendship, extending it to the virtuous and unvirtuous alike.” @PeterMommsen
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My teacher too, the one who taught me most.
My 8th grade English teacher, Christine Cresswell Fischli, is being laid to rest today.
She is finally reunited with her beloved husband, Joe, but will be greatly missed by her children & extended family, as well as her numerous former students.
Christine was the first person to tell me I had the capacity to become a writer, & that I should never stop observing the world in detail.
Her two questions for me, every time we met since that classroom in 1989 were,
“What are you reading? What are you writing?”
That's Wright son #2 in the powder blue suit, apparently an expert on electric cars
Mock Trial team members competed at the Bulldog Mock Trial Invitational at Yale University @yalemocktrial this past weekend. Congratulations to our team for earning honorable mention and an impressive tie for 8th place out of 30 teams from across the country.
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Bring a friend / make a friend
Don’t miss the Friendship Issue Launch Party in NYC this evening!
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It's true we're a full house of 3 (boys) plus 2 (girls) and for a wild card we've just added a puppy.
In our latest substack we give an update on our lives: Norann 's empty nest, Marianne's full house, and Trudi's wedding date!: seasonsofcommunityliving.sub…
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We hope you’ve had a chance to read the most recent issue of Plough, and found it as refreshing and challenging as we did producing it.
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A Reese's peanut butter cup, but with only chocolate on top and bottom, not on the sides.
The sides have too much chocolate and it throws the ratio
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Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
Let fall your shadows on the sundials,
upon the fields let loose your winds.
Command the last fruits to be full;
give them just two more southern days,
Press them to perfection, and turn
their last sweetness into strong wine.
Who has no house now, will never build again.
Whoever is alone now, long will so remain,
will wake, and read, and write long letters
and wander the alleys, up and down,
restless, as the leaves are drifting.
—Rainer Marie Rilke
Read our latest PloughStack: ploughstack.substack.com/p/r…
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A 40yo man appears unannounced: "He asked to talk to the father of Dorothy, my 10yo sister. He had just been released after a year in county jail. [...] Lee told my dad he had come for just one reason: he needed to thank my sister for saving his life."
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“To crack a cold heart, to train it in love, is the most liberating service any person can do for another. These gifts do not show up on an ultrasound. They aren’t mentioned in the first diagnosis of disability.” —Maureen Swinger
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