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In like a lion

by Carole Duff | Mar 5, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature | 1 comment

Last Thursday night, the wind blew hard against our windows. Our dogs Heathcliff and Freya huddled in our bedroom. Heathcliff shuffled between the window and my side of the bed, but overall managed his anxiety well. Early Friday morning, the lights flickered then...

Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.

by Carole Duff | Feb 12, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest | 2 comments

Saturday matinee. Front row seats. Hamlet. Keith and I have attended several previous performances of the play. We wondered how this year’s American Shakespeare Center Renaissance Season ensemble would interpret it. As soon as Hamlet (the fabulous Josh Innerst at...

I was just flashing back

by Carole Duff | Feb 5, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading | 0 comments

Keith reclined in his chair up in the loft, sipping his late Friday afternoon martini. “I was just flashing back to the year we spent weekends here.” “That was one of my favorite times,” I said, dropping the mail beside his chair and joining his reminiscence. “We’d...

And straight I am nothing

by Carole Duff | Jan 29, 2018 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading | 0 comments

And straight [I] am nothing: but whate’er I be, Nor I nor any man that but man is With nothing shall be pleased, till he be eased With being nothing. Richard II, Act V scene 5   Last Friday night, Keith and I attended a performance of the American...

Do not be anxious about anything

by Carole Duff | Jan 22, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest | 4 comments

At my command, Freya trotted into the basement shower. Usually, we bathe the dogs around the first of the month and let them dry on the deck. But since New Years, it’s been either too cold or wet outside, until this past Saturday. If given a choice, Freya would rather...

I don’t want to play Flight of the Bumblebee

by Carole Duff | Jan 15, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature | 2 comments

Last Friday, Keith and I ventured out in the rain to have lunch at Blue Mountain Brewery. We figured there wouldn’t be too big a crowd. On the drive home, pleasantly full of salad, pizza, and iced-tea ambition, I said, “Now that my cold is better, I’m going to play my...
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