by Carole Duff | Jan 22, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest |
At my command, Freya trotted into the basement shower. Usually, we bathe the dogs around the first of the month and let them dry on the deck. But since New Years, it’s been either too cold or wet outside, until this past Saturday. If given a choice, Freya would rather...
by Carole Duff | Dec 18, 2017 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
I sat in our truck at the bottom of the mountain road, checking for an awaited phone call and sorting the mail I’d just picked up. One piece of mail in particular provoked a sigh. It had been long day; I was running late. There’d been traffic in Charlottesville on my...
by Carole Duff | Nov 27, 2017 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. After celebrating a delightful Thanksgiving with Keith’s family in Northern Virginia, we spent the night, brunched the next morning then drove home via Route 7West. Near the...
by Carole Duff | May 1, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature, Writing and Reading |
May Day. Not the parade of workers and weapons in Communist countries. Not the pre-Christian pagan fertility festival. Today is May Day, the secular celebration of spring. I remember pictures in old high school and college yearbooks of girls dancing around a maypole,...
by Carole Duff | Mar 7, 2017 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Last Wednesday afternoon, a storm packing high wind gusts blew in, downing trees and deck furniture. Our dogs sought comfort from Keith—I was in Charlottesville—and hid in the basement. On my drive home that day, and upon arrival, I found evidence of the storm’s...