by Carole Duff | Oct 4, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Need to Love We need love—the highest attribute, according to Scripture: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 C.S. Lewis identified the four loves as affection (storge), friendship (philia), romantic...
by Carole Duff | Sep 27, 2021 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Giving Care to Others Neighbor Care: I rolled the shopping cart up and down the grocery store aisles, placing items in the cart or the tote balanced between the folded-out baby seat and the handle bar. In my hand, two shopping lists: one for us, the other for our...
by Carole Duff | Sep 20, 2021 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
What is my purpose? “I don’t know what my purpose is anymore,” said the attractive middle-aged woman. We had struck up a conversation while standing outside Phenix Salon suites on Barracks Road. I was waiting for my hairdresser to come unlock the front door and let me...
by Carole Duff | Sep 13, 2021 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
“It’s a late birthday gift,” Keith said as he handed me this bright-red shirt, a good gift for someone pursing the Perennial tradition. Cato and I had just returned from our walk down the mountain to retrieve the mail, including the package. Sweet Old Lady? More Like...
by Carole Duff | Sep 6, 2021 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Happy Labor Day! It’s a gorgeous day here at Vanaprastha, clear, warm and breezy, shirt-sleeve weather. Unlike other parts of the country affected by Hurricane Ida, we received a welcome three inches of rain then a cool front last week. But our summer garden is...
by Carole Duff | Aug 23, 2021 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; -Psalm 86:11a “I’m reading Joanna Weaver’s Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, thinking about how people teach truth, and remembering my mother,” I said to my friend. We were enjoying our usual Friday...
