by Carole Duff | Sep 23, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
“Welcome, I’m so happy to see you! Please come in,” I said to our dinner guests as I opened the door. Heathcliff and Freya barked furiously, hackles up, and rushed in front of me. “Hi there, puppies,” John and Fran addressed the dogs with enthusiasm while trying to...
by Carole Duff | Sep 16, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Nature |
Last week, a cold front came across the eastern part of the county, moving in the typical pattern from northwest to southeast. On the weather map, a blue line with triangles swept away temperatures in red. Cool, dry air replaced the warm humidity of the previous...
by Carole Duff | Aug 12, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Nature |
skunk (skngk) n. 1.a. Any of several small, mostly carnivorous New World mammals of the genus Mephitis and related genera, having a bushy tail and black fur with white markings and ejecting a foul-smelling oily liquid from glands near the anus when frightened or...
by Carole Duff | Jun 17, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Family, Nature |
“Freya, come. Heathcliff, come. Let’s go for a ride in the car. We’re going to visit Grandma.” Last week, after the storm front passed bringing cooler temperatures and lower humidity, Keith and I loaded up the Subaru and headed south to visit my mother. We started...
by Carole Duff | Apr 15, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Freya’s brother Jupiter needs a home. Over the weekend, Keith and I received an email from volunteers at Nelson County SPCA. Jupiter’s adoption last year had been successful, but the family is moving and cannot take him. And Keith and I cannot either because three...
by Carole Duff | Mar 18, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family |
Early yesterday morning, I woke thinking about Mary and Martha, a topic about which I had written previously. Why this subject again, I wondered, as I busied myself making breakfast and doing dishes, gathering the trash for drop-off after church, showering and drying...
