by Carole Duff | Sep 11, 2023 | Faith |
I’d like to think I rely on faith all the time. But the reality is sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. Here are some examples. Rely on the Spirit At church last Sunday, a woman I’ve worked with many times said, “I read everything you write. Your piece in the...
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 | Aug 28, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Nothing can replace the joy of having family here to celebrate my not-to-terribly-strange-to-be-seventy birthday plus two. Loved ones help us mark significant milestones and remind us of hard-won lessons. Becoming old does not replace who we were before As Andrea...
by Carole Duff | Aug 14, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
As a verb, leave can mean either go away from or allow to remain. Opposites? Maybe, or both. To leave, go away from home The picture above is of me and my parents on my wedding day in 1975. I was both happy and sad, because that day I would leave home, my parents,...
by Carole Duff | Aug 7, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Today, Keith and I watch the skies with caution, waiting for possible severe weather due about mid-afternoon. “Watch” can be a noun, too, as in the act of observing or keeping watch. I am checking my watch, also a noun, to keep track of time, so I don’t miss my chance...
by Carole Duff | Jul 31, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
BIG milestones In Your Story Matters, Leslie Leyland Fields gives this advice to a beginning memoirist: “Make a time line for every five to ten years of your life (depending on how old you are), marking important events: places you’ve lived, jobs you’ve held, major...
