by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 16, 2012 | Nature, Thistle, Waiting
Tomorrow is Thistle’s second birthday. Not long after we adopted her I remember thinking that we should be able to hike with her off-leash by the time she was two. We’d enjoyed off-leash time with our three senior dogs in the woods and I wanted to do that...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 2, 2012 | Food, Friends, Nature, Thistle, Waiting
We had a couple of inches of snow from Hurricane Sandy. Nothing compared to what folks further north are contending with, but it was pretty dramatic for Western North Carolina. Now the snow is gone, the sun is shining and . . . it’s still autumn. Oh, plenty of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 19, 2012 | Miracles, Reading, Thistle, Waiting
In two weeks and two days Daylight Savings Time ends. We get an extra hour to sleep (or write or play or read or whatever) the night of Saturday, November 3. One one hand, I’ll be glad to get up and walk Thistle an hour later when it’s lighter and I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 28, 2012 | Food, Thistle, Waiting
So, if you’re a big fan of pork products like I am, the news this past week proclaiming a coming bacon shortage was not welcome. Turns out though, the porkocalypse is a bunch of hogwash. Yes, the drought has caused ingredients in hog feed to rise and yes, the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 20, 2012 | Miracles, Nature, Thistle
My dog Thistle LOVES people. At the dog park, she often greets people before other dogs. You may remember that she had a run-in with an electric fence a while back. She still hasn’t gotten completely over it. What a memory! When we walk along that stretch of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 13, 2012 | Reading, Thistle
It’s summer (well, officially next week) and that means time for all that great summer reading! Except I’m also working full-time. And I need to keep up with my writing. And then there’s home and church and the dog to walk . . . The upshot is, my...
