Sunday in Old Order Country

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By Jim Hagarty
My friend and fellow blogger Al Bossence (thebayfieldbunch.com) was out and about this morning when he followed buggy tracks in the road to a farm where Old Order Mennonites were gathered in a barn for their Sunday services. He took other images of the farm at the same time. The farm is located in Huron County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Al described the singing coming from the barn as “angelic.”

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Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.