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"Draft of The Internal Verandah essay on a laptop screen, with white peonies, Webs Love and Fireworks novels, and a lake view in the background

The Blessings of Opening the Door for Someone E...

One open door. One young man welcomed into my home. Decades later, I am relaxing and writing from his lakefront property, reflecting on what that seemingly ordinary act became. A...

The Blessings of Opening the Door for Someone E...

One open door. One young man welcomed into my home. Decades later, I am relaxing and writing from his lakefront property, reflecting on what that seemingly ordinary act became. A...

Marcia Allene, author,  and the welcoming committee at a Farm in Plant City, FL

What If Restoration Does Not Look the Way You T...

We are taught to picture restoration as silence, empty schedules, and quiet solitude. But sometimes it arrives as cold spring water, 4 AM laughter, a table full of family, and...

What If Restoration Does Not Look the Way You T...

We are taught to picture restoration as silence, empty schedules, and quiet solitude. But sometimes it arrives as cold spring water, 4 AM laughter, a table full of family, and...

Sunday Rs: Let August Be August

Sunday Rs: Let August Be August

Rather than treating August as a rush back to routine, Webs, Love & Fireworks author and AUBRIEA founder Marcia Allen invites us to slow down and let the season stretch....

Sunday Rs: Let August Be August

Rather than treating August as a rush back to routine, Webs, Love & Fireworks author and AUBRIEA founder Marcia Allen invites us to slow down and let the season stretch....

I Am Not Aging Out. I Am Aging In.

I Am Not Aging Out. I Am Aging In.

There is so much talk around aging and aging out, as though growing older is an automatic ticket to opt out of a beautiful life that's still blooming. My grandmother...

I Am Not Aging Out. I Am Aging In.

There is so much talk around aging and aging out, as though growing older is an automatic ticket to opt out of a beautiful life that's still blooming. My grandmother...

First-person view from a blue patterned picnic blanket by a calm Florida lake. A London coffee mug sits next to a stack of books featuring the novel Webs, Love & Fireworks by author Marcia Melody.

The Art of Counting Up: A Reflection on Aging, ...

We live in a culture that treats aging like an aggressive thief. But time doesn't just pass us by, as they would want us to believe. Time accumulates within us....

The Art of Counting Up: A Reflection on Aging, ...

We live in a culture that treats aging like an aggressive thief. But time doesn't just pass us by, as they would want us to believe. Time accumulates within us....

The sun shining brightly in a deep blue sky with scattered white clouds and the silhouette of a tree reaching upward on the summer solstice.

Solstice Softness: Feel the Light, Don't Chase It

A reflection on the Summer Solstice, permission to slow down, and choosing presence over performance. Discover the Blessings of the Sunday R's and why feeling the light matters more than...

Solstice Softness: Feel the Light, Don't Chase It

A reflection on the Summer Solstice, permission to slow down, and choosing presence over performance. Discover the Blessings of the Sunday R's and why feeling the light matters more than...