by Carole Duff | Nov 14, 2022 | Faith, Nature |
Extreme Weather Friday, we woke to the following extreme weather warning: “The National Weather Service has issued tornado watch in effect until 3 PM EST this afternoon for the following areas”—6 counties in central Virginia, including ours. Tornadoes exceed the...
by Carole Duff | Oct 24, 2022 | Faith, Nature |
The testimony of God’s beautiful creation is all around us these days. The maple behind the house has shifted from tinted to full autumn color, glorious against the deep blue sky. God didn’t have to create such marvels for us—they are unnecessary—but He did. He also...
by Carole Duff | Sep 26, 2022 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
In the more open places are little lavender asters, and the even smaller-flowered white ones that some people call bee weed or farewell summer. From “An Entrance to the Woods,” by poet, essayist, and farmer Wendell Berry. Farewell summer Only when we bid...
by Carole Duff | Sep 19, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Nature |
Spontaneous insects A spontaneous reaction: hundreds of angry hornets, acting on instinct to protect their nest. But it was the landscape crew that needed protection. They had cut down a dead tree along the walking trail above the driveway and discovered the tree was...
by Carole Duff | Sep 5, 2022 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
A week ago, I celebrated a landmark birthday plus one, entering my eighth decade, time to question the root of the matter: aging. The root problem I noticed it two decades ago, the pull of gravity on my face, my breasts, and now my derriere. Once I was like a young...
by Carole Duff | Jun 6, 2022 | Faith, Nature |
I wasn’t thinking about danger. Walking in the woods, I talked with Heidi about the landscape project Keith and I wanted the company Heidi works for to create: another trail, connecting the ravine path to the steps behind the dining deck. I took the lead up the...
