by Carole Duff | May 26, 2025 | Faith |
Persevere, I said to myself. I’d pressed the foot pedal too hard and turned two pages instead of one on my iPad’s forScore app. Fumbling to find the correct place in the music, I played from memory, skipped what I couldn’t remember then caught up with the choir....
by Carole Duff | May 19, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
Extra cheese or features, extra special treatment or upgrades, extra work hours or party favors. According to Merriam-Webster, “Extra implies excess, surplus, something additional beyond what is expected or necessary. In Latin, extra means ‘outside’ or ‘beyond’…” A...
by Carole Duff | May 12, 2025 | Faith |
Today, Keith and I invest ourselves to honor a relationship. At the time this post goes live, we will be attending the out-of-town memorial service of a dear friend, retired pastor, and leader of our small group. We last met in the spring of 2023 to mark Phil and...
by Carole Duff | May 5, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
As a gardener, I have nothing to prove: although I enjoy growing things, I’m just not very good at it. Some herbs and plants do well with vagarious me plus the soil, water, and sun here on the mountain, but others, such as the scraggly rosemary in the middle picture,...
by Carole Duff | Apr 21, 2025 | Faith, Nature |
Lord knows, nothing can’t live without rain, and we need it. Although there’s moisture in the air this cloudy morning, no rain is forecast until maybe this weekend. But God knows our needs and provides in His way and in His time. The word “without” in scripture...