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...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2023 | Appalachian, Family, Food, holidays
Back home in West Virginia there was always a bean supper at George and Lucille’s for the Fourth of July. George and Lucille were first cousins to my dad, and they had a little, white house up on the ridge above the church. Each year, Lucille would organize the event...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 26, 2023 | Family, Food, West Virginia
I just spent a wonderful weekend at home in WV visiting family and enjoying FABULOUS dinner at Fish Hawk Acres in Buckhannon, WV. There were rainbows two days out of three. Ahhh. My kind of vacation! My niece is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! Home sweet...
