We finally visited our nearest neighbouring outdoor museum! Today! It was fun to see volunteers getting ready for their annual Heritage Day tomorrow :) mennotoba.com/exploring-beau…

Continuing my little travelogue of Mennonite stuff in Poland… mennotoba.com/christfeldes-h…

I Visited My 6x Great Grandmother’s Grave in Schoensee, Poland mennotoba.com/i-visited-my-6…

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“I’m here to say: yes, you can travel to Poland all on your own and, yes, you can find the villages of your ancestors. If you’ve planned your own trip to Europe in the past, there’s no reason you can’t also plan your own Mennonite history trip to Poland.”mennotoba.com/how-to-plan-yo…

I visited the Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota this weekend. Lewis was a major influence on my novel ONCE REMOVED. In his novels Main Street and Babbitt, he satirized small town life and boosterism. In Mennonite circles … (cont’d)

Miriam Toews Plaque unveiling coming up soon!

Finding my great-great-great-grandfather’s homestead in Mountain Lake mennotoba.com/finding-my-gre…

A fascinating new interview with author Josiah Neufeld! mennotoba.com/the-temple-at-…

Yesterday we unveiled a plaque in honour of Miriam Toews in Steinbach and I had the pleasure of sharing this interview with the crowd. I’ll write more about the event soon, but for now here’s our interview with Miriam Toews from 2018. mennotoba.com/5-questions-wi…

A brand new poem by David Elias! mennotoba.com/on-the-seventh…

I Slept in a Schlopbeintj (Sleep Bench) mennotoba.com/i-slept-in-a-s…

On a beautiful, serene fall day, I climbed aboard a charter bus to tour the R.M. of Hanover, where I have always lived. But this time, it was with a group of many others, hearing historians uncover stories and share new perspectives. mennotoba.com/epic-tour-of-t…

Could I have an Ellis Island moment? No. Better. I had a Castle Garden moment. The place where my great-great-great-great-grandfather stepped off the ship and into his new American life. mennotoba.com/castle-clinton…

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Welcome to Menno House in the heart of New York City! mennotoba.com/we-spent-the-n…

Farewell, Jimmy: Our Visit to the Carter Presidential Center mennotoba.com/farewell-jimmy…

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