by Carole Duff | Aug 17, 2020 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading | 
Snippet #1: Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling… At night, I draw the covers under my chin, snuggling against the chill and steady patter. Rain in August is a welcome respite. But then the days dawn dark and damp.   Snippet #2: So I just did...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Carole Duff | Aug 3, 2020 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading | 
I pushed the front latch buttons with my thumbs, lifted the lid of the case with my middle fingers, and gazed starry-eyed at my shiny new flute. “Try it out,” said Joe, Charlottesville’s Music & Arts retail manager. I attached the foot to the body then slid the...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Carole Duff | Jan 15, 2018 | Faith, Local or Human Interest, Nature | 
Last Friday, Keith and I ventured out in the rain to have lunch at Blue Mountain Brewery. We figured there wouldn’t be too big a crowd. On the drive home, pleasantly full of salad, pizza, and iced-tea ambition, I said, “Now that my cold is better, I’m going to play my...