by Carole Duff | Jul 8, 2013 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Over the Independence Day holiday, Keith and I installed a closet organization system in the master bedroom closet. Some months ago, the original long shelf fell down under the weight of my cedar storage hanging-bag. We replaced that long shelf with a unit that has...
by Carole Duff | Feb 18, 2013 | Faith |
As a child, sometimes I wished that God would send me a lifetime of suffering all at once, a few seconds of horrible pain, and then I’d be happy for the rest of my life. That amount of pain would probably have killed me. And had I survived, I probably would not have...
by Carole Duff | Dec 10, 2012 | Writing and Reading |
Several months ago, I joined Goodreads, an online book club where members share recommendations. After setting up an account, I compiled my list of recent favorites, current reads and books that I planned to read soon. Instead of sending out emails to friends and...
by Carole Duff | May 29, 2012 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Nature |
This weekend, during our routine pre-sunrise walk, Heathcliff and I found a box turtle making her way across the rarely travelled, gravel turn-around. Perhaps the turtle sought shelter in the accumulated leaves and mud on the other side, a place to lay her eggs or to...
by Carole Duff | May 22, 2012 | Writing and Reading |
Over the weekend, my friend Sarah Myers posted The Noontimes blog about re-visitation, transitional times of change in our lives when we reinvestigate our identities and actions. In my youth, I thought that a traditional life script was a three-act play (childhood and...
