by Carole Duff | Dec 1, 2014 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith |
It was 7 o’clock on Sunday morning. The sun rising across the Rockfish Valley illuminated snow-capped mountains, leafless trees and fallow fields. Keith was on his second cup of coffee. “Has Freya come home yet?” he asked. “She’s been out for a while, and Heathcliff...
by Carole Duff | Nov 24, 2014 | Faith |
Did you ever do Scratch Art in grade school? Here are the three steps: Using different colored crayons fill a piece of drawing paper with shapes and patterns. With a black crayon only, color the entire page again covering all previous colors. Take a pointed object and...
by Carole Duff | Nov 17, 2014 | Writing and Reading |
It’s two o’clock on a Saturday afternoon at WriterHouse in Charlottesville, and I’m the Open Hours volunteer. Since a lively creative nonfiction class meets in the small classroom next to the reception desk, I plop my purse, travel mug with green tea and iPad on the...
by Carole Duff | Nov 10, 2014 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
I’m Heathcliff. Remember me from three Christmases ago? I’m a good dog. My buddy Freya and I walk the mountain road to fetch the mail. That’s her biting my leg. She gets excited. Anticipation. We trot together for a while. Then Freya decides to run down the ravine to...
by Carole Duff | Nov 3, 2014 | Family, Writing and Reading |
Mother parks her walker beside a blue cushioned booth in the assisted care dining room while Daughter unloads the red cafeteria tray. Mother wears deep purple corduroy pants and matching white and purple flowered turtleneck, an attractive and serviceable ensemble for...
