by Carole Duff | Jun 12, 2017 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
The instructor’s house nestled on a woodsy hill overlooking an expanse of lawn. Eight students gathered in her cozy family room, and she opened with an introduction game. Names and details changed—except mine. “Say your first name and something you like to do,” our...
by Carole Duff | Jun 5, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine and Proteus, are best friends. At the beginning of Shakespeare’s play, they bid each other a loving farewell. Valentine then leaves for Milan to seek his fortune, while Proteus stays behind to woo Julia. When his father orders...
by Carole Duff | May 29, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Driving home from class last Thursday night, I berated myself for being too little a “pantser” (writing by the seat of your pants) and too much a “plotter”—more accurately a plodder—when responding to in-class writing prompts. Though distracted, I approached the...
by Carole Duff | May 15, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Nature |
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you, Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. Proverbs 4:25-27 I killed a bunny yesterday...
by Carole Duff | May 8, 2017 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Yesterday morning dawned overcast and chilly. While sipping coffee, I checked my newsfeed on Facebook. A dear friend had commented on a post from the daughter of a former neighbor of ours. The post began, “It is with heavy heart that I pay tribute to my dad, who...
by Carole Duff | May 1, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
May Day. Not the parade of workers and weapons in Communist countries. Not the pre-Christian pagan fertility festival. Today is May Day, the secular celebration of spring. I remember pictures in old high school and college yearbooks of girls dancing around a maypole,...
