by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 27, 2014 | Family, Friends, Miracles
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” ~William Blake “The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” ~H.U. Westermayer...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 24, 2014 | Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles
Welcome to the season of over-eating. First, there’s Thanksgiving with all its abundance. And since everyone else is eating too much it kind of gives us all permission to indulge. What’s one more bite of pecan pie when you’ve already exceeded your...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 17, 2014 | Nature, Reading
Although winter doesn’t officially start until mid-December, we’re definitely feeling the season’s approach here in the Appalachian mountains. Tuesday’s forecast high is 25–eek! There are a few spots of color still lingering on the mostly...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 13, 2014 | Appalachian, Family
In honor of Veterans Day this week, I thought I’d reach back a little further and honor some of the Civil War veterans in my family. I’ve already written about my most direct descendant, David Phillips, so this time I’m going to share some of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 10, 2014 | Friends
Our neighbor and good friend Bill is a WWII fighter pilot. He’s also 93. Recently, he invited us to go to dinner with him and we were delighted to accept. He said he’d pick us up and we’d go get a steak–great. Oh, wait. Did I mention he’s...
