by Carole Duff | Aug 9, 2021 | Faith, Family | 
From: a starting point “Where do you come from?” Meaning geography. A common question when getting to know someone new.  My answer: “I grew up in Connecticut, and my parents were from northern Maine.” Both sets of grandparents were potato farmers—below/right is my...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Carole Duff | Jul 7, 2014 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature | 
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted – Ecclesiastes 3:1-2   It’s peach season here in Central Virginia. About a week ago, I...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Carole Duff | May 5, 2014 | Family, Writing and Reading | 
“What kind of car does your family drive?” the teacher asked. Maybe her question came from a social studies lesson, or something else. It was the 1950’s in rural-suburban Woodbridge, Connecticut outside New Haven. Each student in my older sister Jane’s second grade...