by Carole Duff | Jan 26, 2026 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
It’s unusual to celebrate Christmas a month after the original date. But our son Alex had to work in December and is with us now, just in time for Winter Storm Fern, another somewhat unusual occurrence. With our usual precautions—a whole-house backup generator and...
by Carole Duff | Dec 29, 2025 | Faith, Family |
Keith and I enjoyed a lovely, quiet Christmas celebration this year because we focused on protecting peace. We’d learned from the successful visit to family for Grandparents Day to take our time, maintain our own space, ask family for help, define family time so we...
by Carole Duff | Dec 22, 2025 | Faith, Family |
During Advent, Keith and I watch holiday shows, many of which are iterations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Each “ghost” makes me think of my own experiences and what they taught me. Dickens’ story...
by Carole Duff | Dec 1, 2025 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
When Keith’s brother-in-law said grace before the family’s Thanksgiving feast, I couldn’t help but think of three other Thanksgiving families: my first-stage-of-life growing up family, the second-stage-of-life family with my children, and my third-stage-of-life with...
by Carole Duff | Nov 17, 2025 | Family, Writing and Reading |
During the workshop I presented for Story Circle Network last Wednesday night, titled “Finding Your Real Story,” the final question was: Why this story? I shared a little about my own not-so-straight path, the turning points that redirect and...
by Carole Duff | Nov 10, 2025 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
My article about reselfing appeared on the Sage Forum Substack on Friday, October 31st. The author with her mother and children in 2003 I called my mother one evening after work to ask whether she’d found an outfit for her 80th birthday celebration. As soon as...
