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....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 16, 2011 | Friends, Reading, Waiting
It’s getting to be that gift-giving time of year again. I mostly love shopping for friends and family, but there are always one or two folks who are impossible to gift. Luckily, there are always books. And not just great novels, but cookbooks and biographies and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 11, 2011 | Friends, Reading
I work at a children’s home, so Halloween is an important holiday for us. The kids have a costume contest, a pumpkin carving contest, a parade and then trick or treat through our main offices. It’s only reasonable that our staff jump in and play along....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 31, 2011 | Friends, Miracles
We have Pope Gregory IV to thank for turning a pagan celebration into a holy day . . . that is once again a pagan celebration (not sure who we have to thank for that!). Ancient Celtic tribes celebrated the New Year on November 1, making October 31 a sort of New...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 28, 2011 | Friends, Miracles, Waiting
A friend of mine celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this week. She began the celebration last Saturday and I’m not sure it’s over yet. I took her flowers on the big day and visited a while. She began her birthday by eating cake for breakfast. Her husband...
