by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 16, 2021 | Family, Memories, Writing
Does anyone write actual letters anymore? I mean the newsy, chatty, keeping-up-with-people-we-love kinds of letters. One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn’t given up paper and pen for the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 9, 2021 | Appalachian, Food, West Virginia
Okay, I didn’t really grow up IN Buckhannon. But it’s the closest town to our farm that’s big enough to be called a town. And during the month of September, you can win a trip to visit this hip Appalachian gem that’s been voted one of the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 2, 2021 | books, Research, Writing
When I was shaping Eugenia (Gainey) Floyd’s character for The Finder of Forgotten Things, I decided to make her the postmistress of Oak Hill, WV. Since postal counters were often housed in general stores, I put her behind a counter in the back of an imaginary...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 26, 2021 | books, Waiting, Writing
While The Finder of Forgotten Things won’t hit store shelves until early December, reviewers are already previewing this latest story. This is always a nail-biting time for me–hoping readers and reviewers will love my characters as much as I do! And...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 23, 2021 | Nature
Hurricane Fred blew through here last week. We moved to the mountains to get away from hurricanes and by and large we have. Plus, a hurricane on the coast is a whole other beast than one that’s bullied its way into the mountains. All that land and topography...
