by Carole Duff | Mar 5, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Last Thursday night, the wind blew hard against our windows. Our dogs Heathcliff and Freya huddled in our bedroom. Heathcliff shuffled between the window and my side of the bed, but overall managed his anxiety well. Early Friday morning, the lights flickered then...
by Carole Duff | Feb 26, 2018 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Thank you for sending us “The Piano.” We appreciated the chance to review it; however, we’ve decided it’s not right for [our magazine] at this time. This doesn’t mean it’s not a fit for another magazine. We wish you the best of luck...
by Carole Duff | Feb 19, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Monday night, or more accurately, Tuesday morning, 1:00 am. Freya paced the floor in our bedroom. Panting. She needed to go out. Again. Before going to bed, we’d let the dogs out one at a time to do their usual quick “hurry up,” and she’d wandered off into the...
by Carole Duff | Feb 12, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
Saturday matinee. Front row seats. Hamlet. Keith and I have attended several previous performances of the play. We wondered how this year’s American Shakespeare Center Renaissance Season ensemble would interpret it. As soon as Hamlet (the fabulous Josh Innerst at...
by Carole Duff | Feb 5, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Keith reclined in his chair up in the loft, sipping his late Friday afternoon martini. “I was just flashing back to the year we spent weekends here.” “That was one of my favorite times,” I said, dropping the mail beside his chair and joining his reminiscence. “We’d...
by Carole Duff | Jan 29, 2018 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
And straight [I] am nothing: but whate’er I be, Nor I nor any man that but man is With nothing shall be pleased, till he be eased With being nothing. Richard II, Act V scene 5 Last Friday night, Keith and I attended a performance of the American...
