by Carole Duff | Nov 18, 2024 | Faith, Nature |
I’ve tried to void leaves from the ditches along our driveway and down the mountain road, blowing them clean twice so far this year. But on our way to church on Sunday morning, I noticed more leaves had fallen into the ditches and culverts— “as if I hadn’t done...
by Carole Duff | Nov 11, 2024 | Faith |
Early yesterday morning, I sat at my desk, feeling fatigued after a restless night, and looked out the window toward the Three Ridges Wilderness Area. Oh, my goodness! I grabbed my phone, ran outside onto the deck, and pointed the camera at this scene. The eastern...
by Carole Duff | Nov 4, 2024 | Faith, Nature |
This morning, we woke to unexpected overcast skies, muting the expected change of leaves. Red maples, pink oak-leaf hydrangeas, yellow sassafras leaves shaped like mittens and gloves. Sheer delight, but this year, an unexpected trial: it’s dry, bone dry. Unexpected...
by Carole Duff | Oct 28, 2024 | Faith |
“Oh dear, Carole, just pile on the weight,” I muttered while helping myself to a small thin slice of cheese pizza. Which led to a small thin slice of veggie pizza, which led to small thin slice of pepperoni pizza. Last Saturday was the last outdoor Farmers Market for...
by Carole Duff | Oct 21, 2024 | Faith, Nature |
I had made the decision to serve as secretary-treasurer of our neighborhood association for one more year, but in truth I was undecided. I thought I should shepherd the neighborhood through the difficult discussions we were facing, challenges to “the way we’ve always...
by Carole Duff | Oct 14, 2024 | Faith, Nature |
“Flee for your life, Leisure Suit Larry, Flee!” I was at the Farmers Market on Saturday morning, seeing this beautiful spiderweb and remembering an incident that took place thirteen years ago. Larry, we called the small male spider, had ventured onto a large, female...
