by Carole Duff | Jul 12, 2021 | Faith, Nature |
Perseverance in Faith Last Thursday morning, during my morning devotion, I stumbled upon perseverance in faith—twice. First, I wrote our church’s Bible verse of the month at the top of the left-hand side of the page in my faith journal: Consider it pure joy, my...
by Carole Duff | Jul 5, 2021 | Faith |
Friendship on The Perennial Gen Friendship. “My friend Sarah says a relationship is like being at opposite ends of a bridge and meeting one another in the middle.” Thus, begins my July post for The Perennial...
by Carole Duff | Jun 28, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
Adopting a foster dog Last year, Keith and I adopted a foster dog who’d been rescued then cared for at our local shelter and fostered at a local day camp, training, and boarding facility. We named him Cato. When we first brought Cato home, he pulled on his leash and...
by Carole Duff | Jun 21, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
Adopting a rescue dog Keith and I talked about adopting another shelter dog—a rescue dog as it turned out, a buddy for Heathcliff to play with once we retired to Vanaprastha. So, when that happened in 2012, we’d already picked up a flyer from Almost Home volunteers,...
by Carole Duff | Jun 14, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
In the fall of 2008, Keith and I walked into the Alexandria Shelter and fell in love with the biggest dog in the shelter. Correction, I fell in love with My First Dog, a 75-pound, sweet-tempered, all tongue and tail, 8-month-old black lab mix. Born...
