Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Angels on Earth magazine

    hidden treasure

    Feb 27, 2020 3 minutes
    BY KELLY GALLAGHER, SCOTIA, NEW YORK
    ILLUSTRATION BY LISA PERRIN

    JUST A LITTLE further. Just a little further…

    I reached up to push the plastic box just one more centimeter to the left to reach something in my crafts closet. One centimeter too far, it turned out. Avalanche! Everything came crashing down—scrapbook paper, glue sticks, beads, unfinished projects, markers, yarn, all scattered across the hardwood floor.

    My husband, Alan, came running in. “What happened?”

    “I was getting something out of the crafts closet,” I said. “I thought I needed

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Angels on Earth magazine

    Angels on Earth magazine2 min read
    A SELECTION FROM Walking in Grace
    April showers bring May flowers, they say. But what does March bring? Mud. Especially here in the Berkshires, where we had a lot of snow accompanied by a lot of cold that kept the ground covered for most of the year until a brash March heat wave swep
    Angels on Earth magazine3 min read
    The Bridge to Tomorrow
    Leaving the neighborhood diner, I heard someone call my name from one of the tables outside. I turned around, expecting to see a friend. But while I’d seen the man who was sitting there plenty of times, we’d never formally met. He was a familiar figu
    Angels on Earth magazine2 min read
    Only Human?
    The summer after my junior year of college, I worked the night shift at a green bean cannery in Salem, Oregon. Driving home early one morning, my car sputtered to a stop just as I was heading up a long, steep hill. I had run out of gas! I spotted thr

    Related Books & Audiobooks