by Carole Duff | Jun 17, 2019 | Family, Local or Human Interest |
“Ask the hotel to get you a taxi to the Conrad Hotel in Admiralty,” my daughter texted. “Ride should be about 30 HK dollars. Conference organizers are very happy for you to join this afternoon and said that you come for lunch—starts at 12:15. I’ll meet you in the...
by Carole Duff | Jun 10, 2019 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Heathcliff and I took our short walk today, between this morning’s rain and thunderstorms due later this afternoon. As usual, we guarded our steps down the steep, gravel driveway, turned left to traverse the flat turn-around, then picked our way down the mountain...
by Carole Duff | Jun 3, 2019 | Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
My daughter, granddaughter, and I had cruised the aisles of a local grocery store called Fusion on Sunday morning and were walking back to Jessica’s flat in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. My granddaughter was doing what most two-year-old children do: insisting on climbing...
by Carole Duff | May 27, 2019 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
My daughter Jessica and I amble along the road toward The Peak in western Hong Kong. It’s the rainy season—warm, humid, misty, and foggy. Welcome breezes cool us and ward off bugs, though we sprayed our exposed skin with repellent before starting out. There are other...
by Carole Duff | Apr 29, 2019 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
One day, spring semester 1981 in my American Humanities class at Ursuline Academy of Dallas, we viewed a slide of Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child. As a young and somewhat pretentious teacher, I pronounced Cassatt’s last name in French—apologies to my students. Also,...
by Carole Duff | Apr 15, 2019 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Nature |
Though April showers may come your way They bring the flowers that bloom in May Did I see lightning first last night or hear thunder? No matter. I knew the click-click of dog toe tails on the wood floor was Freya, leaving our bedroom, because Heathcliff...
