by Carole Duff | Jul 23, 2012 | Writing and Reading |
I like rules especially the ones that help me find my generic-looking car in a parking lot (always try to park in the same spot) or ease me through a multitude of routine tasks. The problem is that I tend to latch onto rules, sometimes without much thought. Last week,...
by Carole Duff | Jul 17, 2012 | Family, Nature |
Have you ever been driving along in a rain shower, which suddenly turns into a blinding, thundering downpour? It’s not as if you didn’t see the storm coming. There had been plenty of warning. Looking out your bedroom windows while getting dressed for dinner, clouds...
by Carole Duff | Jul 9, 2012 | Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
Life is uncertain…eat dessert first. Remember that t-shirt slogan? On vacation last week, Keith and I visited Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. We helped ourselves to the buffet in the Necessary, ate in the Keeping Hall and shared a dessert of peach cobbler a la mode....
by Carole Duff | Jun 28, 2012 | Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
“You’d think I’d asked to sleep with the football team.” “Ok, Tweeple, let’s clean up the language.” “I became a vegetarian in Africa.” “You might not know, but I’m watching you.” Sitting around the seminar table, Keith and I listened to opening lines written by...
by Carole Duff | Jun 18, 2012 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last Thanksgiving, I wrote about pride and humility. Today, with yet another graduation speech trending on the Internet, I’m thinking about self-conceit in a different context. Earlier this month, Wellesley High School English teacher David McCullough,...
