by Carole Duff | Jan 20, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2...
by Carole Duff | Jan 13, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“I wonder if we’ll be satisfied with the results,” I said to Keith, as we ran the HeatTrak on the deck below the dining room windows. This area, on the north side of the house, accumulates snow and ice from what falls from the sky and off the roof. Concerned about...
by Carole Duff | Dec 16, 2024 | Faith, Family, Nature |
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Psalm 13:1 NIV Yesterday, snow and sleet yielded to lamentable cold rain. For those facing illness and death, their own or loved ones’, this is an apt description of the season. It...
by Carole Duff | Dec 2, 2024 | Faith, Family |
“Ugh, Black Friday, I’d trade almost anything not to be shopping today,” I said to Keith. We were driving home from Thanksgiving with family in northern Virginia and backed up in traffic which was exiting for a large local shopping mall. Trade is about buying...
by Carole Duff | Nov 18, 2024 | Faith, Nature |
I’ve tried to void leaves from the ditches along our driveway and down the mountain road, blowing them clean twice so far this year. But on our way to church on Sunday morning, I noticed more leaves had fallen into the ditches and culverts— “as if I hadn’t done...
