by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was making a key lime pie yesterday evening. I bought the actual key limes–those little yellowish balls that take forever to squeeze. Well, I needed some zest so I was trying to hold the small fruit with one hand and use my zester with the other–tricky....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each Monday I’m going to post my writing activity for the previous week. I ought to be averaging at least a page a day on the new book. That’ll get me a first draft in less than a year. It took me two years to write the first book, so you can guess how...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
A mother bear and her three cubs have been cutting through our backyard all spring and summer. Our house backs up to a steep hillside covered with trees and we think the den must not be too far away. They’ve worn paths through the little clearing on the other...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Our little community has a Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning. Local growers have had the most beautiful tomatoes the past few weeks. Today I’m hoping for okra and green beans. I’m taking my neighbor Agnes with me this morning. She’s 89 and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today’s item is just for fun. Reading wacky stories on the Internet is definitely a good way to pass the time while waiting. Well maybe not a GOOD way, but it’s a way. So, yes, I was told by any number of people as a child that if I swallowed watermelon...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
So, I said the two best things to do while waiting for a response to my proposal are reading and writing–what am I writing? Why, the second book, of course! I’m writing a series based on the miracles of Jesus. The characters will be loosely related if at...