Evie Allen

A while back, I came across a little plant in a six-inch pot. It had delicate, almost fairy-like leaves clinging gently to a stake that had been inserted into the center of the pot. I had already planted a few small shrubs of colorful Salvia that the hummingbirds and other Continue Reading

When we moved our mother into Assisted Living at the age of 90, my sisters and I, along with Mom’s guidance, sorted through her lifetime accumulation of stuff and carefully selected those things that held special memories for us – things that just could not be parted with, those important Continue Reading

When I was a young, single woman of not quite 21, I was given the extraordinary opportunity to witness two space launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was May of 1969 and I was a young secretary working in a satellite program office at a military installation near my home Continue Reading

When I was still working, I used to keep a copy of a little poem posted on a bulletin board in my office. It was about the dangers of the tongue as viewed across many cultures throughout the world: “The boneless tongue, so small and weakcan crush and kill,” declared Continue Reading

The Other Ethiopian Eunuch He was called Ebed-melech. It is uncertain if this was his name, or if it was just his title; a person considered so insignificant that he didn’t have an identity of his own.  I found him while reading through the book of Jeremiah, in chapters 38 Continue Reading

My grandmother was a writer. Because of this, Grammy – that’s what we called her – had a quirky way of changing her name at will. Always in search of the perfect “nom de plume”, many of her stories and poems were attributed to whatever pen name she happened to Continue Reading

A few days before Christmas I was driving home from some last-minute shopping. The wind had been blowing most of the day and as I drove along, dust devils whirled in circular patterns along the side of the road. The homes along this throughfare, although set well back from the Continue Reading

Fading sunlight flickered through stained glass as my husband and I sat side by side in the pew of a church that Sunday afternoon. I watched as the altar was being prepared for the service. Candles were lit; white vestments with gold embroidered trim were carefully laid over the rails, Continue Reading

Moving into a new home isn’t easy. Whether you’re down-sizing or up-sizing, learning how to live in new surroundings can be daunting. Nothing fits exactly the way you were used to having it fit in the old place. Furniture, especially, is a huge problem. In this age of “open concept” Continue Reading

A number of years ago, the house we lived in faced a small park. The landscaping in the park shielded us from a nearby flood control channel that bisected our little gated community. But the landscaping only enhanced the symphony of night sounds I heard whenever I cracked the door Continue Reading