by Carole Duff | Apr 18, 2022 | Faith |
I could not deny it. I had gossiped about someone to a friend. Lying in bed that night, I thought about the incident and rationalized: the circumstances, what I said, and to whom probably won’t matter. But continuing to deny the undeniable absolutely would, because...
by Carole Duff | Apr 11, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Family |
Curly, Cato, and Slick – photographed by “Shirley” “I’m writing about the pandemic and would like your opinion,” I said to my neighbor Shirley [name changed] as we walked. We had three dogs on leash—mine and two from another neighbor who is unable to...
by Carole Duff | Apr 4, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Coffee with mother Every afternoon, after school, Mother makes herself a cup of decaf coffee laced with milk, and my sisters and I pour ourselves Cokes. Then we sit around the dining room table while Mother listens to our woes. I tell her about my...
by Carole Duff | Mar 28, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
You can’t have orthodoxy without orthopraxy. While thumbing through the March issue of Christianity Today last week, I came upon this article and quote from Tish Harrison Warren: “… orthodoxy (right belief) and orthopraxy (right action) are so essentially entwined...
by Carole Duff | Mar 21, 2022 | Family |
The 1951-ers Last week, the 1951-ers met at Vanaprastha for lunch—our third gathering. I wrote about the second here and here. Below is a story from our first meeting last summer. Enjoy! *** “Where were you when you heard JFK was...
by Carole Duff | Mar 14, 2022 | Family |
“Let’s start the meeting by sharing three things you received for free—free gifts,” said one of the members of our Thursday night small group. “I’ll go first.” While she spoke about the dog she and her husband had been given recently, I listened and pondered. What...
