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We cannot escape misfortune, mistakes, or aging, but we can escape confinement

We cannot escape misfortune, mistakes, or aging, but we can escape confinement

by Carole Duff | Sep 18, 2023 | Faith | 19 comments

An escape from hurricane Lee for us, thanks be to God, though we could use the rain. What else did I escape? To escape misfortune Two days before Christmas last year, I hit a deer. My son and I were traveling along a dark stretch of road no more than three minutes...
Rely on the Spirit, your gifts, and God’s grace and mercy

Rely on the Spirit, your gifts, and God’s grace and mercy

by Carole Duff | Sep 11, 2023 | Faith | 8 comments

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...
Labor Day in the Third Stage of Life

Labor Day in the Third Stage of Life

by Carole Duff | Sep 4, 2023 | Family, Local or Human Interest | 0 comments

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...
Nothing can replace the joys of getting old

Nothing can replace the joys of getting old

by Carole Duff | Aug 28, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading | 8 comments

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...
Leave, to go away from or allow to remain, or both

Leave, to go away from or allow to remain, or both

by Carole Duff | Aug 14, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 2 comments

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,...
Watch the skies, check your watch, and watch out!

Watch the skies, check your watch, and watch out!

by Carole Duff | Aug 7, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 6 comments

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...
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