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An uplifting—and uproarious—account of raising six kids in rural Oregon.
Join Dorcas Smucker and her brood as they pick blueberries, watch for bears, and hope for angels driving off the nearby freeway, in these true tales of a Mennonite minister’s family in an old Oregon farmhouse.
Covering such topics as a four-week road trip (which, Dorcas says, her sister-in-law warned her would be like putting your whole family in the bathroom and staying there for three days), these stories, told in a voice that encourages, entertains, occasionally doubts, but never takes itself too seriously, are a delightful journey through the joys—and challenges—of everyday life.
Join Dorcas Smucker and her brood as they pick blueberries, watch for bears, and hope for angels driving off the nearby freeway, in these true tales of a Mennonite minister’s family in an old Oregon farmhouse.
Covering such topics as a four-week road trip (which, Dorcas says, her sister-in-law warned her would be like putting your whole family in the bathroom and staying there for three days), these stories, told in a voice that encourages, entertains, occasionally doubts, but never takes itself too seriously, are a delightful journey through the joys—and challenges—of everyday life.
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Dorcas Smucker
Dorcas Smucker is a mother of six and a Mennonite minister’s wife. She is the author of Ordinary Days: Family Life in a Farmhouse, Upstairs the Peasants are Revolting: More Family Life in a Farmhouse, and Downstairs the Queen Is Knitting. In addition to blogging and speaking to various groups, Dorcas also writes a column, “Letter from Harrisburg,” for the Eugene, Oregon Register-Guard. She resides in Harrisburg, Oregon.
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