Fans of Amish Fiction discussion

Jodie over at the Christian Fiction Devourers group started a similar post a few weeks back and Barbara Ann suggested that we do something like this in our group to find out where all of our members come from.

Post your country and state (or region if you're not from the US) and we can keep a tally of all the different places that we're from!

I'll start - I'm from Scotland, which is part of the United Kingdom!

Countries:
1. United Kingdom (Scotland)
2. United States
3. Australia (Queensland)

US States:
1. Virginia
2. Kentucky
3. Florida
4. South Carolina
5. Mississippi
6. Ohio - 2
7. West Virginia
8. Massachusetts
9. Wisconsin
10. Pennsylvania
11. Maryland - 2
12. Arizona - 2
13. California
14. North Carolina
15. Michigan

I'll keep updating as everyone posts their locations!

Thanks for doing this Rachel. I'll go next...

Virginia (US)

Kentucky

Florida US

Mississippi

ohio

West Virginia

Okay, this has already updated my knowledge of US geography - until now, I didn't realise that there was Virginia AND West Virginia. This is the downside to studying pre-1860 US history, I miss out on learning about a few states, LOL.

So far we have no doubles - keep the locations coming!

Massachusetts for me!

Wisconsin here.....

Pennsylvania

Updated! Ten states already :)

Maryland, near the Pennsylvania border, not too far from Lancaster, PA

Can I say two states? I'm originally from Michigan and now live in Florida.

Oklahoma

Where's everybody else from?

Cecil county, MD...

Tina wrote: "Cecil county, MD..."

That's Maryland for those not in the states! A new location for our group.

Ok, scratch that, I'm the second double! I'm from Ohio.

Hi, I'm from Phoenix, Arizona, and it's in the triple digits right now. But I love it. Can see desert mountains from our home.

California

North Carolina

Carolyn wrote: "Maryland, near the Pennsylvania border, not too far from Lancaster, PA"

My sister lives in PA. She knows I love Amish Fiction & got me a signed copy of Beverly Lewis' book last year for my birthday. When I visit her, we go to the big market they have on Tuesday's &, last visit, she took me to the towns Beverly mentions in her books. Loved it!! She even made me stand in front of the "Intercourse" sign. Still LOL over that one!!!!

Lorraine wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Maryland, near the Pennsylvania border, not too far from Lancaster, PA"

My sister lives in PA. She knows I love Amish Fiction & got me a signed copy of Beverly Lewis' book last y..."

I found it totally amazing how that sign can make little kids out of grown women! I was with 4 friends, all over 65, and all the ladies giggled.

I'm from Michigan.

I have spent a lot of time in Intercourse and Bird-In-Hand in Pennsylvania. I used to go there every chance I got and stayed at the Best Western motel in Intercourse where I could just watch the people and enjoy the sound of horses clopping down the road even late into the night. Living as the Amish do is not easy, but it certainly has its rewards.

Well I was born in Utah, raised in California, did my undergraduate work in Utah and now am in graduate school in Arizona. . . so you pick where I am from! :p

I can't believe all the members of this group live in only 2 countries and only 12 states in one of the countries.

Any members out there in any of these states... Tennessee, Delaware, Arkansas, or North Carolina, or maybe these countries... New Zealand, Australia, or Canada?

I posted before but my state hasn't been added yet. I'm from California, so that makes it 13 states.

It's always interesting to see where everyone lives.

I have a new country to add to your list as I live in the state of Queensland in Australia.

I posted before also. North Carolina here.

I think I've got this up to date now, give me a shout if there's any I've missed off while scrolling through!

I'm in Arkansas

Victoria Australia

I live in British Columbia Canada

More friends from around the globe! Thanks Lori & Marg for participating.

I'm from Queensland, Australia!!!

I think our "blanket" has a tear in it -- who in our group felt the earthquake that started here in Richmond, VA on Tuesday?

Barbara Ann: I felt it here in Hagerstown, Maryland, and couldn't believe it. I really thought I was imagining things. I was certainly relieved to find out that there really was an earthquake, although even the little bit that we felt here in Hagerstown was pretty scary.

I'm in Ohio and felt it slightly! I was sitting in my computer chair and it felt like my chair was bouncing up and down a bit!

Arizona

Barbara Ann wrote: "I think our "blanket" has a tear in it -- who in our group felt the earthquake that started here in Richmond, VA on Tuesday?"

It was felt here in MA although I personally did not. I was going down the stairs and I tend to go down them with a little spring in my step so I had no clue it even happened. Others at work did feel it though.

I felt it here in MA, thought I was having a dizzy spell for a moment!

Pennsylvania (US)

We felt it here in the far eastern part of KY, but I personally did not feel it. It did some damage to a courthouse about 2 hours from me.

We've had some new folks join our group... where do you live? Do we have more states to include in our "blanket"?

Maybe we should have called it a quilt instead of a blanket!?

Barbara, I love the idea of calling it a quilt! Does anyone object?

I LOVE that idea! :) Very much in the spirit of the Amish. :)

If we count where you're living now, we're up to 15 states (16 if you count a member we lost) here in the US, 2 states in Australia, 1 province in Canada, and 1 country in Europe! There are 4 U.S. and 1 Australian states with 2 members, but Arizona takes the lead with 3 members.

Who else is out there to add a patch to our quilt?

I'm in Scotland too.