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 | Apr 24, 2023 | Faith |
“I Carole, take you Keith, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, I promise to love and cherish you.” That was almost seventeen years ago. “To Have and To Hold” refers...
by Carole Duff | Jul 5, 2021 | Faith |
Friendship on The Perennial Gen Friendship. “My friend Sarah says a relationship is like being at opposite ends of a bridge and meeting one another in the middle.” Thus, begins my July post for The Perennial...
by Carole Duff | Jun 1, 2021 | Faith, Family |
Keith and Carole, December 2003 Finding love in our fifties June is a month of anniversaries for Keith and me. For instance, June 1st is the anniversary of my mother’s birthday and my ex-husband’s death. But today’s bonus post is about wedding anniversaries. The story...
by Carole Duff | Oct 7, 2020 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
We sat in lawn chairs around an open fire, glad for the warmth against the crisp evening and the physical distancing we’ve experienced in the past several months. Our pastor and his wife had invited the elders and their wives for a backyard gathering and dessert. All...
