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...
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...
