by Carole Duff | Nov 25, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
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...
by Carole Duff | Nov 4, 2019 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest |
It was late afternoon on Halloween, and I decided to give my young children baths before taking them trick-or-treating. That way, we’d get home, settle into story time, and go to bed reasonably close to our usual for a school night. Four-year-old Jessica offered to...
by Carole Duff | Nov 20, 2017 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Half or fully dead trees hit the gravel with a crack, temporarily blocking access to our driveway. Today, Keith and I took down a few trees and cut them into firewood. Our efforts were pre-emptive and practical because “winter is coming.” People familiar with Game of...
by Carole Duff | Nov 23, 2015 | Local or Human Interest |
Remembering where I parked the car, that’s the most important strategy for grocery shopping. Although I shop at different stores – Harris Teeter, Martin’s, Kroger, Food Lion, the local IGA and Trader Joe’s for European style yogurt and cheap wine – I have...
by Carole Duff | Nov 24, 2014 | Faith |
Did you ever do Scratch Art in grade school? Here are the three steps: Using different colored crayons fill a piece of drawing paper with shapes and patterns. With a black crayon only, color the entire page again covering all previous colors. Take a pointed object and...
