My love and passion for my Pennsylvania Dutch heritage extends deep and wide, much like my own family tree extends and roots in all...

When I was a child, my best friend and I walked to visit my grandmother nearly every day in the summertime. A widow, she lived alone in...

Recently, a friend and I were driving home from celebrating Erntfescht, the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch "Thanksgiving," with our...

Growing up, I knew two things-- I was "German & Swiss", and I was "Pennsylvania Dutch." The former I learned from my mother, who told me...

Last year, I gifted my parents our family tree for Christmas. I spent a few months pouring myself over, and into, the project which...