by Carole Duff | May 6, 2019 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
A couple of weeks ago, a wood thrush banged into one of our windows. Other birds have done the same and recovered, like last summer’s Scarlet Tanager and more recently, this yellow-bellied sapsucker. Keith and I had not seen wood thrushes here at Vanaprastha, though...
by Carole Duff | Mar 25, 2019 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
Keith and I pulled into the temporary driveway and parked alongside other vehicles. Our pastor had arranged a Saturday afternoon tour of the new church facility for anyone who was interested. After praying outside—thus avoiding the inside construction noise of...
by Carole Duff | Feb 18, 2019 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
The flat screen in front of the sanctuary at church displayed the words, Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. Jeremiah 17:7 The next PowerPoint slide showed a stylized image of a tree with cross-sectioned deep roots. Those...
by Carole Duff | Dec 3, 2018 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
Today, my post for the beginning of Advent, published on The Perennial Gen: https://theperennialgen.com/o-holy-night/. Picture taken last year on Christmas Eve at Bethany Lutheran Church in Virginia. Blessings to you all. -C.D.
by Carole Duff | May 7, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest |
“Cut it,” I said to my hairdresser last Wednesday, “I’m done.” I pulled at my tresses, which flew this way and that. “I can’t stand my hair, blowing around and falling into my eyes.” “All right,” my hairdresser said with undisguised zeal. She grabbed a styling razor....
