by Carole Duff | Nov 20, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
For the past few days here at Vanaprastha, we’ve had poor air quality, a result of smoke from forest fires due to dangerously dry conditions. A wind shift and cooler temperatures yesterday morning brought gloriously clear skies. Cause and effect, an outcome, a...
by Carole Duff | Nov 13, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Sometimes it’s hard to maintain one’s life in Christ. For instance, last night I was up most of the night, dealing with what we think is food poisoning—Keith has symptoms, too. We’d gone out to lunch after church and shared a meal. In between the sieges in the wee...
by Carole Duff | Oct 30, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Keith and I don’t strive to make our home beautiful, especially this time of year. God does all the nature work. But human nature gives us many opportunities to strive to be better, more faithful people. Strive to be other-centered Have you ever had one of these...
by Carole Duff | Oct 23, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
While taking notes at Saturday afternoon’s neighborhood association meeting, I asked questions to clarify, that is, to understand the statement or situation more clearly. Being the secretary-treasurer, I wanted to be sure that the minutes were comprehensible to those...
by Carole Duff | Oct 9, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
With the outbreak of war in Israel, an attempt at peace seems difficult if not impossible. And yet we pray, make the effort, and try. Such is the case in all we do, right? Attempt: to essay, make an effort to achieve or complete something difficult Last...
by Carole Duff | Oct 2, 2023 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
“Here’s my book,” Keith said as he handed a copy of his novel The Starflower to the appliance technician. Our oven heating element had broken, and the damage from the resulting explosion was beyond our DIY abilities. Plus, it was fun to chat with this guy, because...
