by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 6, 2012 | Friends
In the long list of unusual things scientists study, you can now include the effects of lying on your physical and mental health. Turns out people who lie less are healthier. It’s not quite as obvious as, say, the University of NC School of Public Health...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 3, 2012 | Reading
Remember the bookmobile? We had a tiny library at my grade school that didn’t offer much variety. So, every few weeks the bookmobile would come by and we could go out in small groups to choose books. Heaven. The bookmobile had an aisle down the middle and books...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 1, 2012 | Friends, Reading
Circle of Friends, The Copper Beech, Scarlet Feather, Firefly Summer–I’ve read them all along with the dozen or so other novels Maeve Binchy wrote. I LOVED them. And now she’s gone. Died at age 72 in a Dublin, Ireland hospital. No more tales of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 30, 2012 | Friends, Waiting
Sometimes I look at the list of locations for the American Christian Fiction Writer’s conferences and sigh deeply. St. Louis, Dallas, Indianapolis–all so far away. In 2016 the conference will be in Nashville–not exactly next door, but not TOO far,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 27, 2012 | Miracles, Nature, Reading
I’ve written before about the bears that live in our neighborhood. Mama’s three cubs are growing, but still have much of the roly, poly baby about them. This evening I noticed Mama had come for her almost daily visit. She usually checks the bird feeder and...
