by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
These are hard days back home in WV. At least 25 people have died with 44 of the state’s 55 counties recently or currently inundated with flood waters. Houses have been washed off their foundations, roads and bridges washed away, utilities are out. I’m...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 23, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, Nature, Uncategorized
It’s getting HOT in Western NC. Oh, not like out west with temperatures over 100, but we have been in the 90s and we are NOT used to that. Of course, we have the perfect antidote to hot, summer days in the mountains of Appalachia. The swimmin’ hole. At...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 20, 2016 | Appalachian, Family
If you follow my blog you should probably get used to me celebrating my home state on June 20. Because today, those West Virginia hills turn 153. And if you’ve ever met a West Virginian, you know we tend to be overly fond of the Mountain State. Once part of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, being assigned to hang wet laundry on the clothes line was NOT my favorite task. I didn’t much appreciate bringing it in when dry, either. Especially since that meant I’d be folding all that stuff. But now, I long for a clothes line....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
In less than eight weeks, the final installment in the Appalachian Blessings series will be out and about–in stores, in readers’ hands, in the WORLD. I’m excited, but I’m nervous, too. Is it any good? Will readers like it? Will the story touch...
