by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
We watched a local program recently about businesses that take folks foraging for foods and then partner with area restaurants to prepare the foraged goods for your dinner. Fun! Except. They showed a chef using poke berries to make a glaze for peaches. Ummm. My momma...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve hit one of those in-between times in my writing. I’ve kind of gotten into the swing of promoting one book, editing another, and writing a third all more or less at the same time. But this week I’ve hit a lull. The latest round of edits on The...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 6, 2017 | Appalachian, bears, Food, Nature
Summer is a fruitful time in the soft, green mountains of Appalachia. The black raspberries are gone and the blackberries are just getting started. Typically we have MORE than enough to go round–even sharing with the bears! When it comes to blackberries there...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s a sad fact. Critters don’t always make it to the other side of the road. Each morning I take Thistle out for her morning constitutional along the two-lane, dead-end road where we live. There’s not a ton of traffic, but what there is tends to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Gardens are a way of life in Appalachia. Ours went from producing lettuce in May to potatoes in September. But the best time was July into August when we’d eat tomatoes, sweet corn, and green beans with new potatoes. Of course, gardens take a LOT of work and...
