by Carole Duff | Jan 17, 2022 | Faith, Nature |
The first distraction. My hairdresser texted me, asking if she could move my 12:30 appointment to later in the day—a text I saw only minutes before leaving for town. I texted her back, asking her what time, because I had a meeting later that day. No answer. “Should I...
by Carole Duff | Jan 10, 2022 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“Look, this is important,” Keith said, looking over his shoulder into the garage. “I know you think this is a comfortable place. But trust me, you don’t want to stay here.” Keith and I were standing outside the open garage door, as he readied to chop wood and I...
by Carole Duff | Jan 3, 2022 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
“Wisdom, that’s my word and focus for this year,” I said in response to Keith’s question. We sat across from one another in the great room, he in the recliner and I curled up on the loveseat. The coffee table between us held an ice bucket with champagne chilling, two...
by Carole Duff | Dec 27, 2021 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Last week, while Daughter and I raked and blew leaves from the ditch along the road at the foot of our property—as our sons had last spring—I thought about lessons learned this Christmas. Lessons about sticks. Lessons about work. Lessons about best-laid plans. Lessons...
by Carole Duff | Dec 20, 2021 | Faith |
What should we announce and what shouldn’t we? Yesterday, while listening to Pastor’s message about people’s awe (fear) when they saw the hand of the LORD at work with Elizabeth, Zechariah and their son John, I thought about how Scripture guides us when we come to...
by Carole Duff | Dec 13, 2021 | Faith |
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10-11 KJV Fear not: for, behold “There is no fear...
