by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 28, 2011 | Thistle
On Sunday, Thistle and I were walking off some of our Thanksgiving excess when she spotted a green, plastic cup on the side of the road. She often snags bits of trash and either shred them on the spot, or takes them home in hopes of shredding them there at her...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 25, 2011 | Uncategorized, Waiting
There’s been quite a bit of news coverage of the way Black Friday has started to bleed over into Thanksgiving Day. A number of retailers were open well before midnight on Thursday. There’s been criticism of consumerism, talk of the bad economy and even...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 23, 2011 | Friends, Miracles
Turkey, pie, family tensions, shopping, Christmas decorations, time away from work, kids out of school . . . the next few days will encompass quite a bit. It’s SO easy to forget that in 1789 President George Washington declared the last Thursday in November to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 21, 2011 | Friends, Miracles, Reading
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 18, 2011 | Friends, Reading
To follow-up on Wednesday’s book-giving post, I thought I’d ask you to share the best book-gift you’ve ever received. I follow agent Rachelle Gardner’s blog and she hit on this topic last week. It’s a great idea, so I’m stealing it....