by Carole Duff | Dec 26, 2022 | Faith, Family |
December was going along fine. The old Subaru passed inspection so we could give the car to our son Alex, a friend launched her first book, I got a good report from the ophthalmologist and not one but two book offers, and we bought a new Subaru. And Santa...
by Carole Duff | Nov 28, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family |
‘Tis the season of waiting. Waiting for marshmallows “This situation is like the marshmallow experiment,” I said to my brother-in-law. He’d asked if I wanted something to eat or drink—there were some yummy-looking hors d’oeuvres set out. But Thanksgiving dinner...
by Carole Duff | Nov 21, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Nature |
I had to laugh. Cato puppy had followed me up the trail behind our house and was looking around to see or hear why I had stopped. He loves to race through the woods on the mountain where we live in the Blue Ridge. But it wasn’t Cato who had caused me to explode with...
by Carole Duff | Oct 31, 2022 | Faith, Family |
Today, on Halloween, let’s consider the word WHILE and the seasons of life. While as verb: to while away the Halloweens of our youth While seasons lasted forever, we whiled away our youthful time, marching from childhood into adolescence, which gave us lessons along...
by Carole Duff | Aug 8, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
So happy together It was 1967 when The Turtles released “Happy Together.” Penned by songwriters Alan Gordon and Garry Bonner, the catchy pop song rose to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100—The Turtles only number one hit. As you can see in this picture of...
by Carole Duff | Jul 18, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“What you propose to do is good.” Propose: to put forward an idea In Deuteronomy 1:9-14, Moses knew he would not enter the Promised Land. So, he prepared the people, telling them of God’s guidelines, and exhorted them to choose wise leaders. 9 At that...
