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Long in time and goodness, gratitude and praise, waiting and hope

Long in time and goodness, gratitude and praise, waiting and hope

by Carole Duff | Dec 16, 2024 | Faith, Family, Nature | 0 comments

How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Psalm 13:1 NIV Yesterday, snow and sleet yielded to lamentable cold rain. For those facing illness and death, their own or loved ones’, this is an apt description of the season. It...
Holiday Stuff: material stuff, activities, and the real stuff

Holiday Stuff: material stuff, activities, and the real stuff

by Carole Duff | Dec 9, 2024 | Faith, Family | 2 comments

“So much good stuff here, so much good stuff to do at home,” I thought as I took this picture at Saturday morning’s Winter Market at the Rockfish Valley Community Center. Keith and I will sell our books at the Holiday Market next week—that’s it until next year or...
To trade, buy, sell, exchange, or not—that is the question

To trade, buy, sell, exchange, or not—that is the question

by Carole Duff | Dec 2, 2024 | Faith, Family | 2 comments

“Ugh, Black Friday, I’d trade almost anything not to be shopping today,” I said to Keith. We were driving home from Thanksgiving with family in northern Virginia and backed up in traffic which was exiting for a large local shopping mall.  Trade is about buying...
A Thanksgiving Devotional on November’s Sage Forum

A Thanksgiving Devotional on November’s Sage Forum

by Carole Duff | Nov 25, 2024 | Faith, Family | 2 comments

This Thanksgiving Devotional of mine posted to The Sage Forum last Friday. Here I include pictures of my uncle making himself useful, my father with my uncle in professional clothes but obviously busy with another work project, and my uncle and dear aunt. Fond, fond...
Writing a Memoir Partly About a Person I Never Met, Part I

Writing a Memoir Partly About a Person I Never Met, Part I

by Carole Duff | Sep 9, 2024 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading | 2 comments

What happens to us in our youth impacts the rest of our lives. Sorting that out later in life sets us on a hero’s journey. *** I found the journals while cleaning closets during spring break. Six 9-by-6-inch books written by my new husband’s daughter, who had taken...
Make joyful noises with music, food, and merriment

Make joyful noises with music, food, and merriment

by Carole Duff | Jul 22, 2024 | Faith, Family | 0 comments

Waking to lightning, thunder, and rain, I prayed, “Make more joyful noise, Lord,” knowing full well the psalmists were not exhorting God but His people, like me, to serve with gratitude. Make Joyful Music Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Psalm 100:1...
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