by Carole Duff | Aug 12, 2024 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
This was the scene on Saturday evening when I was a panelist on Zoom in Hippocampus magazine’s Night of Nonfiction and read from Wisdom Builds Her House. “What you need to know,” I said after Hippocampus Magazine and Books founder Donna Talarico introduced me. “In...
by Carole Duff | Aug 5, 2024 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Though I wasn’t going to tolerate my step back from last weekend, I wasn’t entirely sure how to turn it into two steps forward. Until I read Paul’s letter to the Ephesians 4:1-3 (NASV 1995) Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner...
by Carole Duff | Jul 29, 2024 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Part of me wished I could rewind and take back what I said to Keith on Friday night after happy hour. “I’m done with your criticism,” I said screamed and side-ways sliced the air with my hand. I’d mismanaged the dogs again, and they’d taken off running. Before Keith...
by Carole Duff | Jul 22, 2024 | Faith, Family |
Waking to lightning, thunder, and rain, I prayed, “Make more joyful noise, Lord,” knowing full well the psalmists were not exhorting God but His people, like me, to serve with gratitude. Make Joyful Music Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Psalm 100:1...
by Carole Duff | Jul 15, 2024 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
As Marta spoke to the congregation at the end of the service yesterday morning, I marveled at her capacity to share her painful story. She’d run away from a terrible home situation at age 13 and was on her own for weeks before being taken to a police station. There...
by Carole Duff | Jul 8, 2024 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“What specific species is that?” our neighbor asked about a tree with a branch of leaves turning reddish yellow. We were eating a 4th of July Eve dinner—grilled brats, Keith’s baked beans, potato salad, slaw, and garden cucumbers—on the dining deck. “I’m not...
