by Carole Duff | Feb 27, 2023 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith |
We never assume what the view might be moment to moment outside our windows here at Vanaprastha. Yesterday morning, we woke to fog, which lifted before we headed to church. But driving down the mountain road into the valley was another story. Rising above it again...
by Carole Duff | Feb 22, 2021 | Faith, Nature |
I push-broomed long swaths of melting ice and snow off the deck last Tuesday morning and cleared the driveway. By noon, bright sunshine, warmer temperatures, and steady winds finished the job, and Keith and I were able to run errands before the next incoming storm....
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 | Mar 13, 2017 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
This past weekend, I made an overnight trip to New York City. “What in the world are you taking?” Keith asked as he hefted my duffel bag into the back seat of the car. “It’s only one night.” And thirteen hours in the Quiet Car, round trip. “Oh, just sundries, boots,...
by Carole Duff | Feb 15, 2016 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
“How was your day, Sweetheart,” my husband Keith asked. It was mid-afternoon last week, and he’d wandered into the kitchen along with dogs. A hambone simmered in a large pot on the stove. I was cutting onions, celery and carrots for lentil soup. “Good, thank you, a...
