by Carole Duff | Oct 19, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“Ugh, maybe I should just abandon the whole project.” I received yet another rejection for an essay I’d revised and submitted several times. But then I thought, “My writing colleagues know personal essay writing is hard, uncomfortable work. I can ask them for...
by Carole Duff | Oct 5, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith |
Late afternoon last Thursday, Keith and I caught sight of our dog Lark, limping home, carrying his left, hind paw. He loves running with Mac since we let him off leash in May, but freedom can be costly. The sight of Lark’s injury and pain landed him in surgery at the...
by Carole Duff | Jun 29, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
This past week, I had some opportunities to make a Godly pivot, a conscious decision to stop going around in circles—especially when something isn’t working—and turn in a new direction: God’s. In one situation, I asked myself, “Why is my old behavior not working?”...
by Carole Duff | Jun 1, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith |
“What’s the deal?” I often ask when something’s happening that I don’t understand. Deal, an informal phrase for asking about a motive, problem, or situation. The meaning of the word “deal” in the Bible involves our interactions with God and how we...
by Carole Duff | May 4, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last Friday, Keith and I made a decision to let our newly adopted dog Lark off-leash, to give him freedom to explore. We’d prepared him for this moment. For ten days, I walked him on leash to familiarize him with the boundaries of our property, the sights, sounds, and...
by Carole Duff | Apr 27, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Nature |
It wasn’t that the timing was wrong, not exactly. But since we’d gotten used to having just one dog in the past several weeks, adopting another felt at best a little premature and maybe downright foolish. How were we going to find the time and energy to care for a new...
