by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 14, 2023 | Family, Memories
If you saw the photo of my second-grade class last week, I challenged you to point out which one was me. The folks who know me best were pretty quick to spot my SMILE. I’ve always been a big smiler. I joke that smiling is my spiritual gifting. Hmmm. Maybe...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 11, 2023 | Friends, Memories
I ADORED school. Well, I ADORED elementary school. Middle school, not so much. Here we are, second grade circa 1978. (In case the clothes didn’t tip you off.) Anyone want to guess which one is me?? Mrs. Lashley was our teacher. I’ve since reconnected with...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 31, 2023 | Memories, Writing
When I was in high school and college, I was an avid letter writer. I had legit pen pals abroad as well as letters flying up and down the east coast to my cousin, quite a few young men, girlfriends, and even an Irish musician I saw perform on Mountain Stage one...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 17, 2023 | Appalachian, Family, Farming, Memories
It’s hot. Oh, I know, it’s a lot hotter other places, but when you opt to live in the Appalachian Mountains it isn’t because you love toasty summers. We’ve been in the 90s every day for too long now. At least it cools down at night! The heat has me reminiscing about...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 10, 2023 | Appalachian, Food, Recipes
Summer in Appalachia has long meant supper from the garden for me. A platter piled high with buttery corn on the cob. Great slabs of brilliant red tomato. Green beans boiled with new potatoes. Kilt lettuce. Cucumbers and onions in apple cider vinegar. No one even...
