by Carole Duff | Feb 10, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
We woke last Thursday morning to lightning, thunder, wind, and the tic-tic-tic of sleet and freezing rain—unwanted noise. Then on Saturday morning, another round of sleet, as pictured here, and snow is predicted for tomorrow. The silence of falling snow can be very...
by Carole Duff | Feb 3, 2025 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
As I explore my word for this year—humility—I’m struck by how second chances at humility dominate our lives. Repeated practice. In listening to one another, in becoming who we’re meant to be, and in learning Who comes first. Second chance in the second half of life ...
by Carole Duff | Jan 27, 2025 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
“Would you do me a favor and pick up the mail when you pick up your chainsaw from the repair shop?” I asked Keith on Friday afternoon. “Sure,” he said as he stroked Mac’s big head. Favor as an act of kindness I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly asking...
by Carole Duff | Jan 20, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2...
by Carole Duff | Jan 13, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“I wonder if we’ll be satisfied with the results,” I said to Keith, as we ran the HeatTrak on the deck below the dining room windows. This area, on the north side of the house, accumulates snow and ice from what falls from the sky and off the roof. Concerned about...
by Carole Duff | Jan 6, 2025 | Faith |
“Rebutting Body Shame” first appeared in The Sage Forum’s January 2025 Newsletter. In the late 70s, my mother-in-law’s younger sister entered a women’s magazine make-over contest. Pat was in her mid-forties, a Harvard JD, teaching law at a prestigious university. “I...
