by Carole Duff | Oct 12, 2015 | Nature |
Every year at Vanaprastha, autumn creeps down the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rockfish Valley. Typically, some trees’ leaves change ahead of the curve. In the case of the maple in back of our house, part of the tree got a head start. Nature’s seasons are like a...
by Carole Duff | Oct 5, 2015 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Freya darted ahead while Heathcliff walked on-leash with me down the stone trail from the house to the driveway. It was late afternoon last Tuesday, and we’d had a tremendous storm. I heard a roar. We followed the sound down the hill to the bottom of the ravine. Rain...
by Carole Duff | Sep 28, 2015 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
I really like to chase deer and turkeys up and down the mountain. About a month ago, I went running and a few minutes later came back limping like a three-legged dog. I’ve come home lame before, but this time my leg didn’t get better. Keith and Carole took me in the...
by Carole Duff | Sep 21, 2015 | Family |
In the 50s and 60s, my father dressed like Father Knows Best – baggy trousers and jacket with wide lapels, white shirt (always white), striped necktie, brown socks and indestructible brown leather shoes. He’d stand all six feet four inches with his left hand in his...
by Carole Duff | Sep 14, 2015 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Saturday late afternoon, my husband and I walked up a friend’s driveway dodging Happy Birthday balloons floating from planters and trees. Her celebration marked another decade, a good reason to throw a party, which she and her husband loved to do. We attended the...
