by Carole Duff | Nov 10, 2014 | Dogs & Other Creatures |
I’m Heathcliff. Remember me from three Christmases ago? I’m a good dog. My buddy Freya and I walk the mountain road to fetch the mail. That’s her biting my leg. She gets excited. Anticipation. We trot together for a while. Then Freya decides to run down the ravine to...
by Carole Duff | Mar 31, 2014 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
A few days ago, I travelled to DC and Baltimore to visit friends. While sharing thoughts about life changes, I mentioned Parker Palmer’s The Active Life. Some books are worth revisiting, and for me Palmer’s book is one of them. I first read The Active Life...
by Carole Duff | Mar 17, 2014 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
…quite often people confuse their fictional heroes with God. As they confuse their human lovers. Or themselves. It is a great hindrance to a happy life.– Jane Gardam, Crusoe’s Daughter While reading Adam Gopnik’s review of recent books about atheism – see “Bigger Than...
by Carole Duff | Feb 10, 2014 | Writing and Reading |
During my college years in the early 70’s, I read Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock. Toffler predicted increased automation and wealth such that by the year 2000, we all would need ‘leisure counselors’ to help us adjust to having large amounts of free time. Check out this...
by Carole Duff | Feb 3, 2014 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
February 2, 2014 marks Super Bowl XLVIII, the death of 46-year-old actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, and the day Punxsutawney Phil emerges to predict a sooner or later arrival of spring, three seemingly unrelated events with themes echoing in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day....
