by Carole Duff | Feb 27, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Did you ever play this game in Scouts? Everyone lines up shoulder-to-shoulder with the troop leader at the left end of the line. The leader says, “I saw a bear,” and the scouts ask, “Where?” Then the leader makes a big gesture, pointing left arm far to the right, and...
by Carole Duff | Feb 21, 2017 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
So. I’m propped on my bed, basking in the afternoon’s warm sunshine and reading Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life. She asks: How does one live an abundant life amid tragic accidents, illness, and death? Voskamp had chronicled her...
by Carole Duff | Feb 13, 2017 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
The wind howled as I pulled into the Barracks Road parking lot in Charlottesville last Thursday afternoon, I told Keith at dinner that night. As I parked the truck, I heard the rattle and clang of a run-away grocery cart. The cart ricocheted off two on-coming cars,...
by Carole Duff | Feb 6, 2017 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
One morning a few days after last month’s snowstorm, I hopped into our all-wheel-drive Subaru and buckled my seatbelt, off to WriterHouse in Charlottesville. I pointed the car down the mountain road, which had not been plowed. Over night, slushy snowmelt had frozen...
by Carole Duff | Jan 30, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
“Whatever is received is received according to the manner of the receiver.” -Thomas Aquinas Perhaps due to the inclement weather yesterday afternoon, only a small crowd gathered at Blackfriars Playhouse to participate in The American Shakespeare Center’s...
