by Carole Duff | Oct 27, 2014 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
“All you need is love,” sang the Beatles who coined this 60s slogan. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant… wrote Paul whose 1st century definition in 1 Corinthians 13 rings during many wedding ceremonies, including mine. Faith,...
by Carole Duff | Oct 20, 2014 | Faith, Nature |
Psalm 104:14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth… ### Old Testament Wife dutifully gathers food from the earth including 30 green tomatoes – large, medium and small – lined up six by five...
by Carole Duff | Oct 13, 2014 | Local or Human Interest |
“May I help you, Darlin’?” The woman behind the cash register slid her half-glasses up onto her head. “I’d like to purchase a gift certificate, please.” I gave the amount. “And I’d like to buy this card and a loaf of bread.” Inside Basic Necessities, a local specialty...
by Carole Duff | Oct 6, 2014 | Local or Human Interest |
Did you read Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger?” when you were in school? The short story was in our Eighth Grade anthology for Mrs. Steinley’s English class. “Now the point of the story is this,” Stockton wrote at mid-point. “Did the tiger come out of that...
by Carole Duff | Sep 29, 2014 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“Awk, there’s crick in my left shoulder,” I said to Keith. I grabbed the shoulder with my right hand then massaged and shifted it one way and another trying to work out the crick. “If I could just get it to click back into place, everything would be fine, you know?”...
by Carole Duff | Sep 22, 2014 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Three years ago, the red oak trees here at Vanaprastha produced a bumper crop of acorns. When the wind blew, acorns peppered the deck and roof like hail stones. Keith and I thought this was a response to the disruption of building the house, as if the Oaks were...
