by Carole Duff | Oct 5, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith |
Late afternoon last Thursday, Keith and I caught sight of our dog Lark, limping home, carrying his left, hind paw. He loves running with Mac since we let him off leash in May, but freedom can be costly. The sight of Lark’s injury and pain landed him in surgery at the...
by Carole Duff | Sep 28, 2026 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last week’s rain seemed to last only a brief time but actually continued over a couple of days. Two days of mist, appearing for a brief while then vanishing. And now, it’s autumn. As a child, I thought summer lasted forever, but now seasons seem to fly by....
by Carole Duff | Sep 14, 2026 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Sometimes I want people to approve of me so much that I’m willing to put people pleasing before God pleasing. Putting what I want for myself and from others before God is selfishness. Of course, my greatest fear is disapproval or abandonment, the root of all...
by Carole Duff | Aug 3, 2026 | Faith, Nature |
“We can afford that,” Keith said when I asked him about possibly having to re-drill the wells for our geothermal system. Afford as in bearing the cost. With the drought, one of the wells seems to have gone dry. The deep well that provides water to the house...
by Carole Duff | May 4, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last Friday, Keith and I made a decision to let our newly adopted dog Lark off-leash, to give him freedom to explore. We’d prepared him for this moment. For ten days, I walked him on leash to familiarize him with the boundaries of our property, the sights, sounds, and...