by Carole Duff | Dec 12, 2011 | Local or Human Interest |
At Christmastime, many of us decorate our homes and offices, send greetings, visit family and give gifts more than usual. My children and I always baked cookies to thank teachers, neighbors, friends and colleagues. After my children left the nest, holiday cookie...
by Carole Duff | Dec 6, 2011 | Local or Human Interest |
Last weekend, Keith and I had lunch at Wild Wolf’s newly opened restaurant, part of “the Brew Ridge Trail”. The service was attentive in mid-afternoon and atmosphere comfortable on the enclosed porch of a renovated old school house. I sampled a flight of five...
by Carole Duff | Nov 21, 2011 | Faith, Family |
Thanksgiving celebrates harvest time during the fall in nature’s calendar, but for me the holiday changed according to the seasons of life. In the “springtime” of youth, I set the table, helped in the kitchen and babysat younger cousins during dinner. When the...
by Carole Duff | Nov 7, 2011 | Family, Nature |
Three maple trees graced the front lawn of our childhood home. Like the three sisters who grew up there, each displayed a unique personality. The smallest tree, a sugar maple, was closest to the house and vibrantly colorful. My older sister Jane, a petite redhead,...
by Carole Duff | Oct 31, 2011 | Family, Nature |
As an adolescent growing up in New England, I remember worrying about the possibility of snow for Halloween. How would we trick-or-treat in our rural neighborhood and hang out with the Snyder boys who just moved into the house on Meadowbrook? How would I earn two...
by Carole Duff | Oct 18, 2011 | Faith |
When I’m worried and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep counting my blessings. That might have worked for Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby, but I use a different technique. Whenever this New England Eeyore senses...
