by Carole Duff | Jan 15, 2024 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
As is his pattern, Mac woke me at 5 this morning with his cold muzzle and high-pitched whine. Okay, okay, I muttered, easing out of bed so as not to wake Keith. Mac whacked his tail against the bed-frame and bureau. In the great room, Cato rose from his nest bed,...
by Carole Duff | Dec 18, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Long before Christmas, almost every store sees a rise in activity. To avoid the crowds, Keith and I keep a supply of items on hand and store them in our basement pantry. We plan but don’t really know what’s in store for us in this life. What does God want us to store?...
by Carole Duff | Dec 11, 2023 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“Turn! Turn! Turn!” was written by Pete Seeger in 1959 and made popular by folk rock group The Byrds in 1965. I was a teenager back then and unaware of the Biblical source. Now I know the song was subtitled “To Everything There Is a Season” and is based on...
by Carole Duff | Dec 4, 2023 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
The first time Keith and I met, some twenty years ago, I noted he is left handed while I am right. With our strong hands to the outside, we bookend one another. But when the world presents us with challenges, we face them with our strong hands together, as here. Left...
by Carole Duff | Nov 20, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
For the past few days here at Vanaprastha, we’ve had poor air quality, a result of smoke from forest fires due to dangerously dry conditions. A wind shift and cooler temperatures yesterday morning brought gloriously clear skies. Cause and effect, an outcome, a...
