by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’re now on Daylight Savings Time–or “fast time” as my grandmother called it (since that first day just flies by!). Bleh. My circadian clock is firmly meshed in a standard 24-hour cycle. Yesterday, someone robbed me of an hour (hmmm, I think that was an hour of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 10, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, Memories, Nature
I don’t suppose the childish instinct to build playhouses is unique to Appalachia. But maybe our materials are. When we were kids with the run of a 100-acre farm, we had quite a few castles, forts, and playhouses. There was just something about building our OWN...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 7, 2016 | Love, Reading
I’ve had cause to read some mainstream romances lately–a genre I haven’t dipped into for years. Back in high school and college I couldn’t get enough of them, but they just haven’t been in my reading pile for quite some time. I’d...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 3, 2016 | Appalachian
Sorry, it’s not much of a post today. I have two weeks to finish the next-to-last round of edits on book #3–A Tapestry of Secrets. So, here’s a peek at how my evenings look right now. Of course, I love it! Except for those moments when I think, Oh my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Happy Leap Day! It’s February 29. The odd day that crops up every four years to make sure we plant our crops in the right season. There have been around 66 leap years since we adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. That means if there were no leap years, we would be...
