by Carole Duff | Oct 28, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
This coming Saturday is my father’s 96th birthday. Though he’s been gone for over twenty years, I still think of him on Father’s Day and his birthday. I remember him on Thanksgiving, carving the turkey, his Ho-Ho-Ho’s at Christmastime, plowing snow in winter, tilling...
by Carole Duff | Oct 21, 2019 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
To listen to or view this illustrated post on YouTube, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMjMB2W2IAA&feature=youtu.be “How did you begin to write?” asked a high school freshman I’ll call Mary. We sat across from one another in the lounge at...
by Carole Duff | Oct 14, 2019 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
It’s October 1957, and I’m in first grade, coloring a worksheet that features outline drawings of three ships. With colored pencils in hand, I carefully print the ships’ names: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. A year and a half later, in second grade, my classmates and I...
by Carole Duff | Oct 7, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
On the way to choir practice last Wednesday, I heard a tick-tick-tick in the car engine, slower when idling and faster with acceleration. I stopped in a parking lot, grabbed my phone, and searched the internet for “engine knocking.” The possibilities were dire....
by Carole Duff | Sep 30, 2019 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Today, I share a guest post of mine that went live last Wednesday on The Perennial Gen site: https://theperennialgen.com/the-gift-of-menopause/. My faith piece focuses on The Perennial Gen’s theme for September: Menopause and more. Gloomy days and challenging seasons...
by Carole Duff | Sep 23, 2019 | Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
“Stand still,” a mom said to her son as she scooched down and positioned her phone camera. Four-year-old Jeremy* waggled his neon blue and lime green backpack while his two-year-old sister crawled on the floor nearby. “Honey, please get up and stand next to your...
