by Carole Duff | Aug 29, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Writing and Reading |
Bonus today! Here’s a guest blog post published on Brevity and starring our dog Heathcliff: https://brevity.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/finding-your-essay/ Enjoy! -C.D.
by Carole Duff | Aug 27, 2018 | Faith, Nature |
You say goodbye to a former neighbor, having enjoyed dinner together, and dash to your truck. Rainfall has shifted from drizzle to downpour. You switch from 2- to 4-wheel-drive. Dusk descends into the darkest of nights. You are driving to another friend’s house about...
by Carole Duff | Aug 20, 2018 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last week, I had an opportunity to look back at an essay I’d written three years ago. I had been so proud of it, otherwise I wouldn’t have submitted it for publication. It got rejected and for good reason. Yikes. Reading that essay was like wandering into a Bed Bath...
by Carole Duff | Aug 13, 2018 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Torrential rain coursed the down mountain yesterday afternoon here at Vanaprastha, creating rivulets along the driveway. This morning, I went out to assess the damage and rake gravel into the erosive paths. Every few years, we hire our landscaper to grade and...
by Carole Duff | Aug 6, 2018 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Encouraged by last week’s rain, my square-foot garden’s squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers leaped beyond the confines of their boxes—as you can see. All other vegetation here at Vanaprastha grew happily, too, including weeds. Thus, in the light of today’s sunshine,...
