by Carole Duff | Jan 19, 2026 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Over the years, I’ve posted many photographs of the mountains on our horizon here at Vanaprastha. Beautiful, indeed, but sometimes I struggle to find something good on the metaphorical horizon, especially during last week’s cloudy, flat, blah days of winter....
by Carole Duff | Dec 15, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” William Wordsworth Friday’s snow ten days ago was followed by last Monday’s storm, each accumulation of snow at four inches. Tuesday Bible study...
by Carole Duff | Dec 8, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Hibernate, verb. Definition 1: of an animal or plant that spends the winter in a dormant state. Similar: sleep, overwinter, hole up. Definition 2: of a person who remains inactive or indoors for an extended period of time. Last Tuesday, as we woke to cold rain and...
by Carole Duff | Nov 24, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
Here in the third season at Vanaprastha, the deciduous trees have dropped their leaves. Now that the winds have stilled, I will blow the debris from ditches and culverts along the road. It’s a task I enjoy, participating in the cycle of life. I cannot remember a time...
by Carole Duff | Oct 6, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
Thrill: a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure. Perhaps countercultural, but let’s see where that word leads us today. Your works thrill You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. Psalm 92:4 NLT The...
by Carole Duff | Sep 15, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Pick a flower, cucumber, berries—um, maybe leave these small, tart cranberries on the viburnum for the birds. A pick in basketball or football—even a pick six. The picks we’ll examine today are more fundamental choices, major decisions in the spiritual realm. Pick:...
