by Carole Duff | Dec 11, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“Turn! Turn! Turn!” was written by Pete Seeger in 1959 and made popular by folk rock group The Byrds in 1965. I was a teenager back then and unaware of the Biblical source. Now I know the song was subtitled “To Everything There Is a Season” and is based on...
by Carole Duff | Dec 4, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
The first time Keith and I met, some twenty years ago, I noted he is left handed while I am right. With our strong hands to the outside, we bookend one another. But when the world presents us with challenges, we face them with our strong hands together, as here. Left...
by Carole Duff | Nov 27, 2023 | Faith, Nature |
“Chirp,” I heard as I surfaced about 3:30 this morning and thought: another wrapping up thing. I listened intently and was rewarded with another chirp. Yup, one of the smoke alarm batteries needed changing. After pulling our bedroom door closed to dull the sound while...
by Carole Duff | Nov 20, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
For the past few days here at Vanaprastha, we’ve had poor air quality, a result of smoke from forest fires due to dangerously dry conditions. A wind shift and cooler temperatures yesterday morning brought gloriously clear skies. Cause and effect, an outcome, a...
by Carole Duff | Nov 13, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Sometimes it’s hard to maintain one’s life in Christ. For instance, last night I was up most of the night, dealing with what we think is food poisoning—Keith has symptoms, too. We’d gone out to lunch after church and shared a meal. In between the sieges in the wee...
by Carole Duff | Nov 6, 2023 | Faith, Nature |
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted – Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Season of the year I had to laugh. Cato puppy and Mac dog had followed me up...
