by Eileen Parsons | Feb 8, 2018 | Articles
“You have put gladness in my heart…” Psalm 4:7a It’s snowing – again – still – as usual (for this time of the year). It would be pretty if we hadn’t already seen 250” of snowfall this season. After a time, you feel claustrophobic and restless. Each...
by Eileen Parsons | Feb 26, 2015 | Articles
It’s been a weird day. Snow squalls kept me trapped in the house (That isn’t the weird part. It’s February in Upstate New York. That’s pretty much the norm.), unable to spend the day at the church working on the bulletin, a task I enjoy on a weekly basis. The wind...
by Eileen Parsons | Jan 5, 2015 | Articles
Another holiday season is behind us, another year has closed. Both Thanksgiving and Christmas were uneventful in our home. Our usually large gatherings were small, everyone running in their own directions. My birthday was just another day. We had cake, coffee and...
by Eileen Parsons | Oct 13, 2014 | Articles
I moved to New York in September of 1996. I had been living in Georgia where the temperature was still a toasty 90 degrees and the sun was beating hot on the world (well, the world as I saw it). The first night I was in my new home, I thought I was going to freeze. ...
by Eileen Parsons | Nov 28, 2012 | Articles
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Mr. Winter has arrived in Upstate New York. Last year, he made his entrance calmly, a gradual drop in temperature and gentle snowfall. Not this year. This year, he has rushed...
