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 | May 29, 2023 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
To owe something to someone. On Memorial Day when I was growing up, we always drained the muddy water and scrubbed algae from the walls of the 45’x90’ spring-fed pool my father had built for the neighborhood the year before I was born. Everyone pitched in despite...
by Carole Duff | May 1, 2023 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
“Let’s have a tea party!” the spring hostess wrote. “Bring your favorite tea, teapot, and/or teacup.” Setting up for Tea Our hostess had set her table with Queen Mary’s (Elizabeth II’s mother) favorite china dishes. She set out jam and clotted cream...
by Carole Duff | Oct 17, 2022 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
Our small group of 8 gathered at an old farm off—aptly-named—Dark Hollow Road. We’d been meeting at our leader and hosts’ house for about a year. And although we’d enjoyed other social activities together, this was our first field trip: a potluck tailgate meal and...
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 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...
