by Carole Duff | Dec 27, 2021 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Last week, while Daughter and I raked and blew leaves from the ditch along the road at the foot of our property—as our sons had last spring—I thought about lessons learned this Christmas. Lessons about sticks. Lessons about work. Lessons about best-laid plans. Lessons...
by Carole Duff | Apr 22, 2019 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest |
“Freya, come,” I called out the kitchen door. Though Heathcliff came and waited inside the door, she trotted in the opposite direction. Apparently, she wanted to run and bark a little longer before breakfast. “Heathcliff, sit,” I said, holding his food bowl above his...
by Carole Duff | Apr 1, 2019 | Family, Local or Human Interest |
At lunch with our mother last week, my sisters and I got to talking about our teenaged years and dating. My older sister and I confessed to breaking curfew—once for her, three times in a row for me then grounding—and my younger sister recounted her morning-after...
by Carole Duff | Feb 11, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves… – Thomas Merton You and he settle into a booth at one of your favorite restaurants. Not fancy—a college basketball game plays on a flat screen mounted on the wall....
by Carole Duff | Oct 15, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
When Heathcliff and I rounded the driveway switchback last Friday morning, we encountered a walk-stopping barrier. Sometime between our evening and morning strolls, half of a large bifurcated-trunked oak had fallen across the driveway. Heathcliff sniffed and explored...
