by Carole Duff | Mar 3, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
“Poor things,” I muttered, “all because of the original sin.” I was clearing dead leaves from struggling herbs in pots and ground cover in landscape beds. We use the word “original” to refer to something existing from the beginning, as in an original...
by Carole Duff | Dec 30, 2024 | Faith |
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience… Colossians 3:12 ESV Was I thinking about humility yesterday morning, as I heard the words in the second reading? Or as I listened to a woman,...
by Carole Duff | Dec 23, 2024 | Faith |
My gift to you first appeared in The Sage Forum’s December 2024 newsletter. Carole Duff, flute, Carolyn Wallace, organ “He Shall Feed His Flock” from Handel’s Messiah Performed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Fishersville,...
by Carole Duff | Nov 11, 2024 | Faith |
Early yesterday morning, I sat at my desk, feeling fatigued after a restless night, and looked out the window toward the Three Ridges Wilderness Area. Oh, my goodness! I grabbed my phone, ran outside onto the deck, and pointed the camera at this scene. The eastern...
by Carole Duff | Nov 4, 2024 | Faith, Nature |
This morning, we woke to unexpected overcast skies, muting the expected change of leaves. Red maples, pink oak-leaf hydrangeas, yellow sassafras leaves shaped like mittens and gloves. Sheer delight, but this year, an unexpected trial: it’s dry, bone dry. Unexpected...
