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Result as a positive effect, negative outcome, or immeasurable

Result as a positive effect, negative outcome, or immeasurable

by Carole Duff | Nov 20, 2023 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 8 comments

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...
Waiting for marshmallows, rewards, and Christmas

Waiting for marshmallows, rewards, and Christmas

by Carole Duff | Nov 28, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family | 5 comments

‘Tis the season of waiting. Waiting for marshmallows “This situation is like the marshmallow experiment,” I said to my brother-in-law. He’d asked if I wanted something to eat or drink—there were some yummy-looking hors d’oeuvres set out. But Thanksgiving dinner...
To laugh while preparing for the seasons ahead

To laugh while preparing for the seasons ahead

by Carole Duff | Nov 21, 2022 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Nature | 13 comments

I had to laugh. Cato puppy had followed me up the trail behind our house and was looking around to see or hear why I had stopped. He loves to race through the woods on the mountain where we live in the Blue Ridge. But it wasn’t Cato who had caused me to explode with...
A season for giving thanks and preparing

A season for giving thanks and preparing

by Carole Duff | Nov 22, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading | 8 comments

Saturday evening, after the sun set low over the Three Ridges, Keith and I sat down for dinner and, as usual, said a prayer, giving thanks for all our blessings.  “Thank you, Lord, for this wonderful day and for the beauty of your creation. Thank you for bringing...

The Turkey and the Scale

by Carole Duff | Nov 25, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest | 11 comments

I stepped on the bathroom scale this morning and looked at the number. Ugh. With Thanksgiving three days away and Christmas and New Years ahead, I was already losing the battle between the turkey and the scale. Like many women, I put on weight in my fifties. The first...
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