by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 31, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, folklore cures, Food, Nature
Flowers are blooming, afternoons are warm, the sun moves more slowly across the sky . . . It’s the time of year when the old folks start shunning preserved foods for something fresh. Something green. Poke sallat. Fiddleheads. And ramps, which are somehow getting to be...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
O FOR A TONGUE TO SING I cannot sing. “Not your gift,” my grandmother would say. Oh, but the group up front . . . “Joyful, joyful,” they sing and “fall on your knees.” And I would if not for the stir it would cause. My knees itch to touch the floor, to bend in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Have I told you how much I love a good Easter egg hunt?!? When we were kids there were several hunts. One was at school. There was always a golden egg and whoever found it won a chocolate bunny. I found it one year. One of the best days of my life. We also did a hunt...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was Palm Sunday. I love watching the kids come down the aisle at church waving palm branches as we sing Hosanna. It’s such a lovely, joyous service that means Easter is almost here! But there’s a good deal that happens between singing Hosanna and Up From the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s just four and a half months until the release of my third novel–A Tapestry of Secrets. Which means it’s time to start teasing you a bit about what’s to come! Tapestry is a dual timeline story featuring three generations of Phillips...
