by Carole Duff | Jan 8, 2024 | Faith, Family |
Looking back to Christmas 1995 For the past several months, I’ve been looking back, dreaming at night about houses where I lived and schools where I worked—mostly, the house where we lived while my children were growing up and the school where I taught for twenty-five...
by Carole Duff | Jan 1, 2024 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Listening is not my gift. That doesn’t mean I’m not called to be attentive to others, as a fellow blogger mentioned in her New Year’s Eve post. Caring for, seeing deeply, and knowing others just takes practice. Listening to care for others Over Christmas, Mac ran into...
by Carole Duff | Dec 11, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“Turn! Turn! Turn!” was written by Pete Seeger in 1959 and made popular by folk rock group The Byrds in 1965. I was a teenager back then and unaware of the Biblical source. Now I know the song was subtitled “To Everything There Is a Season” and is based on...
by Carole Duff | Sep 4, 2023 | Family, Local or Human Interest |
Happy Labor Day from Vanaprashta, the third stage of life! People in the United States know that Labor Day is a federal holiday, celebrated on the first Monday in September. Today, we recognize the American labor movement and honor the contributions of laborers. As I...
by Carole Duff | Aug 28, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Nothing can replace the joy of having family here to celebrate my not-to-terribly-strange-to-be-seventy birthday plus two. Loved ones help us mark significant milestones and remind us of hard-won lessons. Becoming old does not replace who we were before As Andrea...
by Carole Duff | Jul 24, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Before waking, I dream about being part of a team tasked to visit a rich family who say they want to help a poor community. It soon becomes apparent that the family only wants to show off their wealth, especially the dad, and gain prestige, especially the mom, while...
