by Carole Duff | Jul 31, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
BIG milestones In Your Story Matters, Leslie Leyland Fields gives this advice to a beginning memoirist: “Make a time line for every five to ten years of your life (depending on how old you are), marking important events: places you’ve lived, jobs you’ve held, major...
by Carole Duff | Jul 24, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Before waking, I dream about being part of a team tasked to visit a rich family who say they want to help a poor community. It soon becomes apparent that the family only wants to show off their wealth, especially the dad, and gain prestige, especially the mom, while...
by Carole Duff | Jul 17, 2023 | Faith, Nature |
Second Half of Life Godtime originally appeared on The Sage Forum as “Walking into the world.” As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.My soul thirsts for God, for the living...
by Carole Duff | Nov 28, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family |
‘Tis the season of waiting. Waiting for marshmallows “This situation is like the marshmallow experiment,” I said to my brother-in-law. He’d asked if I wanted something to eat or drink—there were some yummy-looking hors d’oeuvres set out. But Thanksgiving dinner...
by Carole Duff | Aug 1, 2022 | Faith |
To be or not to be, that is not the question here. I would like to live as long as I am useful. But how long will that be? Of course, no one can tell, but here’s a fun calculator I found via a blog post I read on a site I follow. The calculator is called...
