by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 14, 2012 | Friends, Waiting
A week ago I posted about a poetry workshop I planned to attend with Fred Chappell. He’s a pretty renowned poet and author and I was excited to be part of his class. And it was a really good class. He asked each of the 15 participants to bring three poems we...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 12, 2012 | Friends, Waiting
A friend’s daughter is experiencing her first year of school and all that entails. The teacher communicates with parents about behavior via stickers–green for good; yellow for not so good; orange for not good; and red for call me. Well the child in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 5, 2012 | Food, Friends, Miracles, Waiting
Yup, he showed up a little over a week ago and asked if he could live out of his van at our church. After checking him out with the Sheriff’s Department we said, “sure.” He’s a nice man–came to Sunday School and stayed for the service...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 29, 2012 | Friends, Reading
An article in Scientific American cited a study that showed people speak an average of around 16,000 words a day (men a little under, women a little over). Holy cow. I knew I could talk, but that much? Imagine what happens when I do one of my speaking engagements....
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 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...
