by Carole Duff | Jan 9, 2012 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
One of my favorite childhood possessions was a book titled How to Grow Up in One Piece. Each page contained a humorous lesson about people, places and things around the house, such as, doors. Doors were either open or closed, the text explained, but one could never...
by Carole Duff | Nov 28, 2011 | Nature, Writing and Reading |
One morning last week, we woke in a fog, the grey, socked-in, can’t-see-much-beyond-your-nose kind. Fog is underrated, I thought. Cocooned like this, it’s just the work and me. No gazing dreamily at the Three Peaks’ beautiful painterly colors and the Rockfish...
by Carole Duff | Nov 14, 2011 | Writing and Reading |
Last summer, I took a marketing class called Social Networking for Writers. Secret #1: People want to be happier, healthier, wealthier and sexier – and smarter because they feel happy, healthy, wealthy and sexy. It’s only the first secret, and I’m already asking...
by Carole Duff | Sep 12, 2011 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Have you ever seen a Fairy Ring? Thanks to Irene and Lee’s soaking rains, mushrooms have sprouted in all kinds of unusual places and formations. Two weekends ago when Keith and I spent an afternoon with his father in southern Virginia, we spotted a fairy circle in...
by Carole Duff | Aug 29, 2011 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Recently, the United Nations published a ‘100 Plus’ report on average life expectancy through history: Cro-Magnon era: 18 The Renaissance: 30 America in 1850: 43 America today: 78 By the year 2300 in the developed world, the projected average is 101,...
by Carole Duff | Aug 25, 2011 | Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
How do people respond to crises? What brings out the best and the worst in people? Who stays calm? Who barks commands? Who screams and panics? Recently, a friend of mine told me a story about a workshop where attendees were grouped by Enneagram and given this...
