by Carole Duff | Feb 19, 2018 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Monday night, or more accurately, Tuesday morning, 1:00 am. Freya paced the floor in our bedroom. Panting. She needed to go out. Again. Before going to bed, we’d let the dogs out one at a time to do their usual quick “hurry up,” and she’d wandered off into the...
by Carole Duff | Jun 5, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Local or Human Interest |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine and Proteus, are best friends. At the beginning of Shakespeare’s play, they bid each other a loving farewell. Valentine then leaves for Milan to seek his fortune, while Proteus stays behind to woo Julia. When his father orders...
by Carole Duff | Aug 15, 2016 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last Saturday night, I dreamed that my writing class was holding a retreat at my childhood home. We sat around the living room of a house that no longer belonged to my family. Yet the mustiness of Connecticut’s summer humidity scented the room along with lingering...
by Carole Duff | Apr 18, 2016 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood native to eastern North America, is Virginia’s official state floral emblem and state tree. In spring, dogwoods flower in clusters surrounded by large bracts, which unfold in either white or pink. Tight-clustered fruit, oval red...
by Carole Duff | Feb 22, 2016 | Faith, Family |
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Remember that line from the 1970 movie and novel by Erich Segal? Ali MacGraw’s character said it to her husband played by Ryan O’Neal, about mid-film when he started to apologize for being angry. He repeated the line at...
