by Carole Duff | Dec 6, 2011 | Local or Human Interest |
Last weekend, Keith and I had lunch at Wild Wolf’s newly opened restaurant, part of “the Brew Ridge Trail”. The service was attentive in mid-afternoon and atmosphere comfortable on the enclosed porch of a renovated old school house. I sampled a flight of five...
by Carole Duff | Nov 28, 2011 | Nature, Writing and Reading |
One morning last week, we woke in a fog, the grey, socked-in, can’t-see-much-beyond-your-nose kind. Fog is underrated, I thought. Cocooned like this, it’s just the work and me. No gazing dreamily at the Three Peaks’ beautiful painterly colors and the Rockfish...
by Carole Duff | Nov 21, 2011 | Faith, Family |
Thanksgiving celebrates harvest time during the fall in nature’s calendar, but for me the holiday changed according to the seasons of life. In the “springtime” of youth, I set the table, helped in the kitchen and babysat younger cousins during dinner. When the...
by Carole Duff | Nov 14, 2011 | Writing and Reading |
Last summer, I took a marketing class called Social Networking for Writers. Secret #1: People want to be happier, healthier, wealthier and sexier – and smarter because they feel happy, healthy, wealthy and sexy. It’s only the first secret, and I’m already asking...
by Carole Duff | Nov 7, 2011 | Family, Nature |
Three maple trees graced the front lawn of our childhood home. Like the three sisters who grew up there, each displayed a unique personality. The smallest tree, a sugar maple, was closest to the house and vibrantly colorful. My older sister Jane, a petite redhead,...
