Sally Thomas

Stonecutter Karin Sprague revives the nearly-lost art of the tombstone. Though she encourages clients to explore “less-traditional” images which “offer more personal meaning,” for my money it’s her interpretations of traditional gravestone iconography — the tree . . . . Continue Reading »

So I’m sitting at the traffic light in my Ford Econoline 12-passenger van, with my four children in the back, plus several extras who needed a ride to choir, and we’re all singing along to “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road” on the CD player, which I mention merely to . . . . Continue Reading »

Years ago a friend of mine took her little daughter to a Chinese restaurant and asked how she liked the fortune cookie at the end of the meal. “Well . . . ,” her daughter said, “it doesn’t taste like much. And the paper inside it is kind of strange, too.” Growing up in . . . . Continue Reading »

Alan Creech makes these beautiful, Franciscan-inspired, single-decade rosaries using natural materials with satisfying textures.If, like me, you not only have a San Damiano crucifix on your front door and a relic of Saint Francis in your living room, but are also a tactile person whose attention at . . . . Continue Reading »

Thank heaven for the Rosary CompanionTalking Rosary.And they say it’s the perfect First Communion gift.Now that we’re feeling better, everybody sing!via Janet C. Many thanks for sending along this true curiosity[Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »

Okay, so you can’t actually buy this. But it is kind of neat, in a Scando-innovative way.Hello? Lego?(via Strange Herring) . . . . Continue Reading »

Former Caelum et Terra editor Daniel Nichols now works as an iconographer and a leader of iconography workshops. Choose from his gallery, which includes images of the Lord, the Blessed Mother, and various saints; or commission a custom work.If you were thinking, for instance, of purchasing a statue . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m a dog. Dogs had nothing to do with the Fall. We’re not ashamed. We don’t make aprons out of fig leaves. And we really don’t like wearing sweaters. But we love you, and if this makes you feel better, then whatever.Actually, I’m not sure that you’re not God, but . . . . Continue Reading »

Guy in striped shirt: “There I was, passed out on the beach, when these people came up and started witnessing to me. The next thing I knew, I was wearing these shoes . . . “So many styles to choose from! There’s the “Many Names of Jesus” lo-top (in pink!) Or what about . . . . Continue Reading »

What would happen, I asked myself, if I googled the phrase “Christian Shoes?”This here is the “Deception” shoe for women. That’s “Deception,” as in “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” . . . . Continue Reading »