by Carole Duff | Jul 13, 2011 | Family |
Whenever my Mother’s sister walked into the kitchen with cooking on her mind, we headed for the hills: Daddy to work, Mother to the back-bedroom for a long bath, and we girls to the great outdoors but, like curious puppies, staying close enough to listen and sniff....
by Carole Duff | Jul 8, 2011 | Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
Straight on Main Street, left on Courthouse Square, right into parking lot. Check hair, teeth, lipstick, and gather interview materials. Walk around orange-taped construction barriers and read signs. Which building? I’m not from these parts. The email had said,...
by Carole Duff | Jul 1, 2011 | Family |
Every work day, my husband comes home, changes out of suit into sweats, and either does his weight workout in the basement or dons his reading glasses and sits down to play chess. On the dining room table off to his right, Keith places a tattered book, its cover...
by Carole Duff | Jun 25, 2011 | Faith |
This is a week of anniversaries for Keith and me: birth, death and wedding. We celebrate our 5th today with thoughts of how far we’ve come in partnership. Signs of success are easy to see: a house renovated and mountain house nearing completion, job changes with...
by Carole Duff | Jun 23, 2011 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
On the 10th anniversary of Gretchen’s suicide, I am reading Kay Redfield Jamison’s book Night Falls Fast. I admit that my quest for knowledge is somewhat of an equivocation. Although I seek understanding of my stepdaughter’s struggle and its impact on her...
by Carole Duff | Jun 21, 2011 | Family, Nature |
Today in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun rises high in the sky then stands still according to the Latin derivation of solstice. But it is overcast here, so I revert to memory. I see my father presiding at the head of the table, gazing out the dining room window...
