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	<title>The Madison-Press &#187; Lovina Eicher</title>
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		<title>Enjoy the different strawberry varieties</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7 a.m. and the children just left for school. My husband, Joe, has been at work several hours already and daughter Elizabeth left for her job at 5:15 a.m. Joe tilled part of the garden last night. Daughter Susan, 17, and I, want to get some garden planted today. Spring is such a lovely time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin doesn’t like the leg braces</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are having cold, rainy weather again. Monday was nice and sunny so we could get the laundry all dried. We are out of coal so hopefully it won’t get too cold yet. It looks like it will be a late spring. So different from the early spring we had last year. The rivers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin and wife are unexpectedly expecting their first child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin Williams For The Madison Press Over 20 years ago, when I was 18 and a college journalism student, I created The Amish Cook column by hiring Old Order Amish writer Elizabeth Coblentz (Lovina’s mom) to write it. At the time I would have told you that I was all grown up and knew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnie having her foal was the highlight of the week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The children went back to school after a week here at home for Spring break. My husband Joe went back to work on Tuesday. The house seems empty during the day. Daughter Susan is working four days this week but is home today. I am glad for her help. She is going to bake chocolate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone has been sleeping later than usual during spring break</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 a.m. — The alarm goes off. I get up because daughter Elizabeth will leave for her job at the factory soon. She has been working a lot of 10 hour days at the factory. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth’s ride is here and she leaves. The children are on spring break and my husband Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe&#8217;s cousin Barbara dies after giving birth to 11th child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very nice and sunny Thursday with the mercury going over the 50 degree mark on our thermometer. Susan and I did laundry including some curtains. Susan hung a lot of the clothes outside taking advantage of this spring-like day. Earlier this week we had snow flurries. My husband Joe was off work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beef is all cut up now it is time to cut up the pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nice sunny day in March although the thermometer shows 25 degrees this a.m. We have all the meat from our beef either in cans or in the freezer. My husband Joe was home several days last week. On Thursday night and Friday he made over 400 hamburger patties to put in the freezer. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It has been a long, tiring day cutting up the meat</title>
		<link>http://www.madison-press.com/2013/03/long-tiring-day-cutting-meat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4:50 a.m. — My husband Joe didn’t have to work today, so we were able to sleep later than usual. I get up as daughter Elizabeth is awake and packing her lunch for work. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth leaves for work, Joe gets up to check on the coal stove while I fix us a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Amish reality was to do a real reality T.V. show</title>
		<link>http://www.madison-press.com/2013/03/amish-reality-real-reality-t.v.-show</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin Williams Editor’s Note: Lovina’s column will return to its regular format next week. “Oh you shouldn’t have done that.” “Why not?” I asked quizzically. “Because I’ll move here and take this piece and then this one,” the Amish man said with a hearty laugh, eyes twinkling and prominent white beard casting a shadow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon monoxide alarm goes off; sends family outside</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: Lovina’s church belongs to is more progressive when it comes to safety-oriented technology like smoke detectors. When their home was built local home inspectors required such detectors be installed. Some more conservative Amish groups, like the Swartzentruber Amish, have opposed such devices. We are having some snowy days this week although there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A late family Christmas gathering was held in Indiana</title>
		<link>http://www.madison-press.com/2013/02/late-family-christmas-gathering-held-indiana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The school will have Friday and Monday off for a mid-winter break. Today is Valentine’s Day so the elementary classes are having their party. Last night Joseph, 10, Lovina, 8, and Kevin, 7, signed all their cards to their classmates. This is Joseph’s last year in elementary school so this is his last Valentine’s party. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe helped me to make noodles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband Joe has been home the last three days, not having any work. Makes it a little harder on payday but we shouldn’t complain. God always provides a way if we keep our trust in him. Meanwhile Joe has been kept busy here at home. Yesterday our two oldest girls, Elizabeth and Susan, were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are having some bad weather</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The darkness of the early morning is leaving and daylight is appearing. We are being greeted by a world of white. It has been snowing all night and several inches are covering the ground. Snowflakes are still coming down very thick. I love to watch it snow. So many snowflakes and our wonderful God created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan makes birthday cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I am Susan. I decided to write for mom this week. My 17th birthday is tomorrow the 24th so my treat to mom is to write the column for her. I made monster cookies yesterday. I wanted to have some to treat everyone for my birthday. I am here at my baby-sitting job. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another day is not promised to us</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We attended both funerals of my cousins over the weekend. So nice to see cousins, uncles, aunts, and friends that we don’t often see but sad for the reason we had to gather. Chris’s funeral was on Saturday at 9 a.m. Danny’s funeral was at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Both funerals were largely attended. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The family gets some bad news</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3:10 a.m. — The alarm goes off to start another day here in the Eicher household. It has taken some getting used to, having a scheduled time to get up this week now that everyone is back to school and work. I packed husband Joe’s lunch, which was leftover macaroni and cheese from last night’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The holidays were fine once the flu left our house</title>
		<link>http://www.madison-press.com/2013/01/holidays-fine-flu-left-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A whole brand new year lies ahead. What does it have in store for us all? Only God knows so let us put our trust in him. I hope everyone had a great, safe holiday. We had a very nice holiday after the flu bug finally left our house. Christmas Day was spent here at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovina has been struck with the flu</title>
		<link>http://www.madison-press.com/2012/12/lovina-struck-flu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope everyone had a blessed and healthy Christmas Day. I’ve been struck with the same flu that has been going around this household. Hopefully I’ll be on the mend soon. With Joe off this week and the kids home from school, the house has been full. We’ve had snow and cold the past few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovina has been playing nurse this week with her son and husband</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday evening and supper is over. Everyone went their own way, some reading, some writing, and some still down with the flu. Yes, the flu bug hit us. So far it has only been son Benjamin and my husband, Joe. Their symptoms were a high temperature, cough, aches, and chill. I called the doctor and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where does the time go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another week has already passed and it is time to write the column again. We have also entered the last month of 2012. Where does time go so fast? I keep thinking next week will be less busy and before I know it the week has passed. Daughter Verena will have her 15th birthday on [...]]]></description>
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