by Carole Duff | Dec 27, 2021 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Last week, while Daughter and I raked and blew leaves from the ditch along the road at the foot of our property—as our sons had last spring—I thought about lessons learned this Christmas. Lessons about sticks. Lessons about work. Lessons about best-laid plans. Lessons...
by Carole Duff | Nov 29, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
My father is the three-year-old boy, looking to his right. My father’s memories I clicked on the sound file and heard my dear father’s early 1990’s, post-stroke voice, recounting memories from his childhood. He had dictated a letter to my older sister for his...
by Carole Duff | Nov 22, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Saturday evening, after the sun set low over the Three Ridges, Keith and I sat down for dinner and, as usual, said a prayer, giving thanks for all our blessings. “Thank you, Lord, for this wonderful day and for the beauty of your creation. Thank you for bringing...
by Carole Duff | Nov 8, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Cato and Freya have been grieving, since Heathcliff died in June. Twelve-year-old Freya keeps mostly to herself, but three-year-old Cato has seemed lost. For a while, he refused breakfast, as Heathcliff had toward the end, and curled in his crate. Freya has done...
by Carole Duff | Oct 11, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping” -Fred Rogers This past week, I had occasion to remember Fred Rogers’ words—about seeing scary things and...
by Carole Duff | Oct 4, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Need to Love We need love—the highest attribute, according to Scripture: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 C.S. Lewis identified the four loves as affection (storge), friendship (philia), romantic...
