by Carole Duff | Aug 16, 2021 | Writing and Reading |
Was any part of my memory true? Ten years ago, I wrote about memories of the day a fast-moving snow storm dumped several inches of snow on southern Connecticut—before Halloween. I was in high school at the time. In the middle of the day, school administrators made the...
by Carole Duff | Aug 9, 2021 | Faith, Family |
From: a starting point “Where do you come from?” Meaning geography. A common question when getting to know someone new. My answer: “I grew up in Connecticut, and my parents were from northern Maine.” Both sets of grandparents were potato farmers—below/right is my...
by Carole Duff | Aug 2, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
At church yesterday—in the visiting time after morning rehearsal and before the service began—for some reason, I caught myself thinking about relationships and Beth Kephart’s Wife, Daughter, Self: A Memoir in Essays. The book sections into...
by Carole Duff | Jul 26, 2021 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Modern Atheism 101 Remember the morning last May when I went upstairs to the loft and Keith read a passage from Rabbi Moshe Averick’s Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism? Well, after he finished reading the book, he passed it along to me. As...
by Carole Duff | Jul 19, 2021 | Faith |
I am strong. The ensemble sounded strong, rehearsing the prelude before yesterday morning’s service at Bethany Lutheran Church. Until I decided to add a couple beats to the first ending. Or maybe it was a full measure. Everyone rolled with it—I was playing...