by Carole Duff | Dec 14, 2015 | Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Our first morning on board the cruise ship in Istanbul, Keith and I rose early, took the elevator to the 7th deck and walked into the World Café. We passed the coffee and juice bar, then oohed and aahed at the assortment of fruits, cheeses, yogurts and fish, wondered...
by Carole Duff | May 11, 2015 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
Now playing at the American Shakespeare Center is Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, a familiar story of temptation and fall. Faustus’s greed for knowledge leads him to books on logic, medicine, law, and divinity, all of which he finds lacking. But in magic, the...
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...
