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...
by Carole Duff | Jul 11, 2022 | Family |
Self-knowledge moments can happen anytime. Here are three of my recent moments. Self-knowledge about losing socks “I found the missing sock on the laundry room floor,” Keith says. I cock my head. “You know, the mate to the one I put on my bureau when we folded...
by Carole Duff | Jul 4, 2022 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Did you know that “In God We Trust” wasn’t adopted by Congress officially until 1956? It replaced E pluribus unum, which had been the motto of the United States since the Great Seal was designed in 1776, the year of the United States’ independence from...
by Carole Duff | May 23, 2022 | Family |
The Second Stage of Life It’s 1994, and I am in the thick of the second stage of life, a householder earning a living and raising children. Though I make mistakes as a parent, I make sure my children have their basic needs: security and survival, esteem and affection....
by Carole Duff | May 9, 2022 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Both sustenance and fear on Friday night Thunder and lightning accompanied the rain, beating against the windows here at Vanaprastha. I’d prayed for rain to sustain the newly-sprouted and newly-planted vegetation. Prayer answered? Though quite deaf in her old...
by Carole Duff | May 2, 2022 | Faith, Family |
Fast, as an adjective I am a fast horse, galloping across the field in front of our house, or a bear, loping through woods, or a bird, leaping off the living room sofa into my father’s arms. I want to fly, too, and often do, climbing the highest trees and swaying...
