by Carole Duff | Jun 27, 2013 | Local or Human Interest |
“Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like,” read the sign above the mirror of my longtime hairdresser in Dallas. I’m having a struggle. Oh, it’s the typical thing one goes through after a move:...
by Carole Duff | Jun 17, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Family, Nature |
“Freya, come. Heathcliff, come. Let’s go for a ride in the car. We’re going to visit Grandma.” Last week, after the storm front passed bringing cooler temperatures and lower humidity, Keith and I loaded up the Subaru and headed south to visit my mother. We started...
by Carole Duff | Jun 12, 2013 | Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
In a recent blog post, Patrick Ross pondered about talent – inborn perhaps – and skill, working on one’s craft. Why do we marvel at a person’s talent and not their developed skill? Ross wondered as he watched his daughter receive an arts award for the...
by Carole Duff | Jun 5, 2013 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
“Hi, I’m Carole Duff.” I checked in with the two women at the desk outside the Sister Helen Marie Duffy Center where I had taught in-coming Freshman Laptop Camps and faculty workshops. “Oh, yes, we heard that you were coming,” they said. “How long has it been since...
by Carole Duff | May 20, 2013 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
My grandparents, both maternal and paternal, lived in Hodgdon, Aroostook County in Northern Maine where folks farmed 6-days a week and attended the East Hodgdon Bible Church. On Sundays, it was essential chores only, and the women cooked in advance – we ate leftovers...
by Carole Duff | May 15, 2013 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
We stood in the entrance hall at Monticello, my friend and I, listening to the house guide. It had been a few years since my last visit, but the artifacts and information looked and sounded familiar. After the house, we toured the gardens. Unlike my previous visits to...
