by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 18, 2011 | Miracles, Waiting
Yesterday was Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. The service at my church featured our children coming down the aisle waving palm branches and then doing a series of songs and readings. It was alternately moving and, well, funny. Three of the children performed...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m currently reading Water for Elephants and I have mixed feelings about it. I think it’s a well-crafted story, but the sex scenes and violence bother me. They’re probably true to the time and the setting, I just don’t like ’em. I also...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 13, 2011 | Waiting
So I was trying to parallel park in town the other day and it occurred to me that I approach publishing the same way I do parking in a tight spot on the side of the street. I often flub it, but I always go in thinking I’ll do it right. I can parallel park, but I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 11, 2011 | Reading, Waiting
So, generally speaking, you probably don’t walk up to strangers and say, “Can you tell me what you’d change about my clothes?” Or “How would you improve my personality?” Well, it feels about the same to send the first chapter of my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 8, 2011 | Miracles, Poetry, Reading
Another poem in honor of National Poetry Month. If I had to pick a favorite poem, this might be it. There are quite a few I really love, but this one is the quintessence of poetry. Good poetry usually makes me want to sit down and write–this poem makes me want...
