by Carole Duff | Oct 13, 2025 | Faith, Writing and Reading | 
Let me explain what happened at the Open Mic last Thursday evening as I read an excerpt of the essay that inspired my Friday Happy Hours on Substack. The essay is about marital growth, which can be stormy. Indeed, the scene I’d read last month was an all-out battle...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Carole Duff | Mar 17, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 
My journey in the past few days has been defined by a flu-like bug. Slow recovery like the first signs of spring here at Vanaprastha. A quiet journey rather than the drama we often read about.  A biblical journey Take Elijah. Queen Jezebel had said she would kill...