by Carole Duff | Apr 12, 2021 | Faith, Family |
In the past several years, I’ve written a few posts about my husband’s deceased daughter—a recent mention here. Today, I tell the story about how learning to love the daughter I never met led me to the fearfully uncomfortable acceptance of the cross. The post...
by Carole Duff | Mar 22, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
While Mac store employees transferred data from my old laptop to the new, I sat in Panera, sipping herbal tea, nibbling a blueberry scone, and reading a little pink book. I figured it was worth waiting to save a second trip into town. And I would have been reading the...
by Carole Duff | Mar 8, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature |
“Grandpa and Grandma thank you and miss you!!” I texted my daughter and granddaughter after opening the FedEx box that arrived in mid-December. As I wrote earlier that month, Christmas 2020 certainly happened but not together as a family. My daughter saw this...
by Carole Duff | Mar 1, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
It snowed late Friday afternoon and through the night. I took this photograph while Keith let the dogs out for their “hurry up’s” before bedtime. God willing, last Friday’s storm will be the end of this year’s winter weather here at Vanaprastha. The temperature...
by Carole Duff | Feb 15, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
A wintry mix began mid-afternoon on Thursday: rain followed by sleet then snow within minutes. On Friday, I swept several inches off the north side deck and shoveled the upper half of the driveway before deciding against a walk to the mailbox. Too cold for Cato, too...
by Carole Duff | Feb 8, 2021 | Family, Local or Human Interest |
Keith and I cuddled together under throw blankets on the downstairs sofa and watched a recording of the 2020 bio-drama “Critical Thinking.” It was a chilly night, but we were warm and toasty thanks to the fire Keith had burning in the wood stove. The movie was based...
