by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 30, 2015 | Appalachian
Here’s another nifty tidbit of West Virginia history that may or may not ever make it into a novel. It’s surely a good story, though! In 1949, a little community in Ritchie County, WV, halfway between Clarksburg and Parkersburg, became the unsuspecting...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Please join me over on SouthernBelleView today to learn where I dig up my characters and how I cobble them together by borrowing bits and pieces from all around. Who knows, if I meet you, YOU might provide some inspiration!
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Summer is a fruitful time in the soft, green mountains of Appalachia. The black raspberries are gone and now we have more blackberries than we know what to do with. The season has been prolific with more than enough for me AND the bears. When it comes to blackberries...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about where you are, but it’s been HOT lately. Oh, I know, breaking 90 degrees is nothing for many of you. And we DO cool down at night. Morning’s are still fresh and lovely. So I’m not expecting too much sympathy. Still when...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 16, 2015 | Appalachian, dogs, Nature, Thistle
The black bear is the state animal of West Virginia, therefore I’m a fan. And yet, in all my 18 years of living on the family farm, I never saw one. There was a big, rolly-polly bear at the Game Farm who loved to drink soda through the bars of his cage, but he...
