by Carole Duff | Jan 18, 2021 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Reading & Musings |
We woke to a wintery skiff this morning. It was 5:15 when Heathcliff needed to go outside and relieve himself. Better than his 3 am wakeups, but that’s the season he’s in as an old dog with sugared muzzle like the snow-dusted mountains here at Vanaprastha. Heathcliff...
by Carole Duff | Nov 16, 2020 | Faith, Family, Reading & Musings |
Ordinarily, I ignore online quizzes. You know, the ones claiming insight into your unique personality based on birth date, favorite color, zodiac sign, or the like. But last week, after reading a faith reflection blog about love relationships, I couldn’t resist...
by Carole Duff | Nov 9, 2020 | Faith, Family, Reading & Musings |
Two Sunday’s ago, on All Saints Day, a few of us gathered in the church narthex between services. In the sanctuary, others were recording weekly devotions, so we spoke quietly. The church organist and I would play the second service prelude, then we first-service...
by Carole Duff | Nov 2, 2020 | Faith, Family, Reading & Musings |
Waiting on hold with a supply vendor, the Home Depot ProDesk associate I’ll call Tammie asked us if we were retired. Keith and I had decided to replace our disintegrating treated-wood deck with a composite, but supplies of building materials had been disrupted due to...
by Carole Duff | Oct 19, 2020 | Faith, Family, Nature, Reading & Musings, Work & Writing |
I dreamed it was twenty-five years ago, and my teenaged daughter was learning to drive. We had visited the Dallas Museum of Art—we lived in Texas back then—and were dropping my grade-school son at a friend’s birthday party on the way home. While monitoring my...
by Carole Duff | Oct 12, 2020 | Faith, Reading & Musings |
I eased into the recliner in the great room here at Vanaprastha, covered myself with a warm throw blanket, and opened my iPad. I’d downloaded several memoirs that might compare to mine. Along with target audience, author bio and publications, platform, marketing,...
