by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 5, 2021 | Family, History, West Virginia
One of the fun bonuses of writing Appalachian fiction set in my home state and inspired by my own family (seven generations worth of Mountaineers!) is connecting with a world of cousins who have discovered me through my stories. Lately, I’ve been hanging out on...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 2, 2021 | Faith
Have you watched The Chosen yet? No? Well what are you waiting for?!? I’ll admit I didn’t jump on The Chosen bandwagon right away. While I’ve seen a handful of really great Christian movies/programs, I’ve also seen quite a few that were so-so....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 29, 2021 | Church, Family, Love, Memories
I’m hopelessly sentimental. That’s part of the reason I love writing stories set in the recent past. It’s like getting to time travel and hang out with my grandparents and great-grandparents! So when my cousins in Pennsylvania boxed up a bunch of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 22, 2021 | Appalachian, books, folklore cures, Nature
I love it when friends keep an eye out for items they know I’ll treasure. Last week my friend Jessie slipped me a copy of Appalachian Folk Medicine: Native Plants and Healing Traditions. It was a donated to the thrift store at the ministry where I work and I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 19, 2021 | Appalachian, Hiking, Nature
I keep thinking it might be okay to start watching the news again. Then I do and . . . oh well. But it IS okay–more than okay–to check in with summer in the mountains of western North Carolina. While I’m more of a fan of spring and fall, I sure...
