by Carole Duff | May 9, 2022 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Both sustenance and fear on Friday night Thunder and lightning accompanied the rain, beating against the windows here at Vanaprastha. I’d prayed for rain to sustain the newly-sprouted and newly-planted vegetation. Prayer answered? Though quite deaf in her old...
by Carole Duff | May 2, 2022 | Faith, Family |
Fast, as an adjective I am a fast horse, galloping across the field in front of our house, or a bear, loping through woods, or a bird, leaping off the living room sofa into my father’s arms. I want to fly, too, and often do, climbing the highest trees and swaying...
by Carole Duff | Apr 18, 2022 | Faith |
I could not deny it. I had gossiped about someone to a friend. Lying in bed that night, I thought about the incident and rationalized: the circumstances, what I said, and to whom probably won’t matter. But continuing to deny the undeniable absolutely would, because...
by Carole Duff | Apr 4, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Coffee with mother Every afternoon, after school, Mother makes herself a cup of decaf coffee laced with milk, and my sisters and I pour ourselves Cokes. Then we sit around the dining room table while Mother listens to our woes. I tell her about my...
by Carole Duff | Feb 14, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Commit is an appropriate word for Valentine’s Day for Keith and me. I’ve written about our love story for The Perennial Gen, but the short version is captured by Ann Voskamp in her newest book WayMaker, releasing on March 15*. “Detours are the...
