by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 11, 2012 | Miracles, Nature
Mama has returned. And once again, she’s given birth to three adorable cubs. They’re about the size of a cat and one is a major squaller. My husband was treated to seeing the squaller climb HIGH into a tree in back of our house. He refused to come...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 12, 2012 | Nature
We’re now on Daylight Savings Time–or “fast time” as my grandmother calls it (since that first day just flies by!). Bleh. My circadian clock is firmly meshed in the requisite 24-hour cycle. Yesterday, someone robbed me of an hour (hmmm, I think...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 25, 2012 | Miracles, Nature, Thistle
Last weekend I took Thistle for a walk in the woods. Our next door neighbor has 40 acres, much of it on the mountain that rises behind our house, and we are welcome to ramble there. The next neighbor beyond that property also has a chunk of land that we walk on....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 16, 2011 | Miracles, Nature, Waiting
I’ve had a Christmas tree every year for the past 40 years. A LIVE Christmas tree lit and covered in ornaments rich with memories (not so much when I was one, but you get the idea). And then came Christmas 2011. And I pondered whether I really wanted to go to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 2, 2011 | Miracles, Nature
Last weekend, I went home to WV to visit family. My primary goal was to see my 96-year-old grandmother who has recently been moved to a nursing home. She’s not happy about it, but as she observed to me, “Nothing stays the same and I don’t guess...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 17, 2011 | Miracles, Nature, Thistle
We’ve been having that sort of perfect fall weather when it’s in the 70s, the sky is a brilliant blue and the leaf color is at or near peak. How can you not go outside? So outside we went to hike in Pisgah National Forest with Thistle testing the limits of...
