by Eileen Parsons | Dec 22, 2022 | Articles
Winter Solstice. Yesterday, December 21st, was the first official day of winter. It’s been cold and snowing for several weeks now (at least in Northern New York where I am silly enough to live). Darkness envelopes us by 4:30 pm and doesn’t let the sun come up before...
by Eileen Parsons | Jun 8, 2021 | Articles
Several months ago, I started an article about the December 21, 2020 conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. I never finished the article, and today, I went back and re-read what I had written: I’ve read articles about the celestial event, and watched the sky all...
by Eileen Parsons | Oct 3, 2017 | Articles
“…For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” Matthew 5:45 From the Houston airport, Monday, September 25, 2017, en route to Managua, Nicaragua I could write a full-length novel about the...
by Eileen Parsons | Jun 29, 2016 | Articles
Lightning streaked across the sky. Thunder rumbled in the distance. The rain didn’t come, but the humidity rose steadily, promising rain would come. It was well after two in the morning, but I couldn’t sleep. Sitting on the living room floor in front of the French...
by Eileen Parsons | Feb 4, 2015 | Articles
She strained her eyes to see through the darkness. No light, not even a spark in the distance. No sign of her visitor. “Soon,” she said to herself as she closed the door to her simple home. She moved across the room, checked the bread baking in the oven, and...
