by Carole Duff | Jul 27, 2020 | Nature, Writing and Reading |
It’s a clear, warm morning, and I’m out pulling weeds as usual. This week’s note from Vanaprastha: another guest blog of mine that went live today on the Brevity Blog site. Many thanks to Brevity editor Dinty W. Moore for publishing my piece, “Pulling Weeds and...
by Carole Duff | Jun 15, 2020 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 (NIV) I lay in bed in the middle of the night, wakeful and worried. During the day, migraine auras had flashed like white and black lightning streaks in the peripheral field...
by Carole Duff | Jun 8, 2020 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last Friday, a guest post of mine—a review of Leslie Leyland Fields’ Your Story Matters: Finding, Writing, and Living the Truth of Your Life—was posted on Brevity blog. A Review of Leslie Leyland Fields’ Your Story Matters When submitting the piece in early May,...
by Carole Duff | May 4, 2020 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
December 3, 1943. “The secretary of war desires me to express his regret that your son has been reported missing in action…” Joy Neal Kidney’s grandparents Clabe and Leora Wilson received two telegrams like this and a third—the death of yet another child. In Leora’s...
by Carole Duff | Apr 27, 2020 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
9 The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep...
by Carole Duff | Mar 30, 2020 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Early Friday evening, on the deck of our house in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, we dined on grilled fish over a bed of sautéed vegetables paired with a white Bordeaux. A gentle breeze stirred the warmth of spring at sunset. First-of-the-season tiger swallowtails...
