Making Zwiebach A Zwiebach is a two- tiered bun, one on top of the other. Zwie means two in a German dialect. Mennonites love Zwiebachs, and so does anyone else, who has ever tasted one. The experience cannot be described in words if the Zwiebach baker knows how to do it properly. Many are beckoned […]
Lost In The Wilderness
This is another story from the collection Along the Way by John Wiens. More stories from Along the Way: Two Mothers Lost in the Wilderness Building a Log Structure Shortest Church Service Ever LOST IN ALGONQUIN (John Wiens) About fifty kilometres south of North Bay on Highway #11 is the small town of South River, […]
Susie Hildebrand Story
Susie Warkentin Hildebrand: born 1917 in Schönfeld, Russia My parents were Peter and Susanna Klassen Warkentin. My siblings were Agatha Warkentin Mathies, Peter Warkentin and Margaret Warkentin Konrad. Two brothers died in infancy. Schönfeld was one of the first colonies to be plundered by the Machno bandits and so my family fled to Tiegerweide in […]
