by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 5, 2021 | Faith, Family, holidays
I love most every holiday. Food, friends (most years!), decorations–it’s all wonderful. But my favorite holiday is Easter. And my favorite part of Easter is the Sunrise Service. It’s a disappointment to me when the service gets moved inside because of the weather (too...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 1, 2021 | Appalachian, Farming, Nature
Tuesday evening I sat at my desk by an open window listening to the peepers sing. This morning, the temperature is in the 20s and I’m hoping my peonies aren’t goners. This seems to be Appalachia’s favorite April Fools trick. Lull us into thinking...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 29, 2021 | holidays, Miracles
My goodness. Here it is, Holy Week already. Which means Easter is practically upon us. If I don’t pause and consider the coming of a special day, I tend to feel like I’m missing out. What if you just woke up and someone told you it was your birthday? Sure, it might be...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 25, 2021 | books, Memories
One of my favorite things to do when I was a kid was to get out Mom’s button tin. It was a round tin chock full of random buttons. The colors! The textures! Some were plain while others were glossy and glitzy. I remember sparkly jet buttons and big, flat...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 22, 2021 | dogs, Poetry
World Poetry Day was actually yesterday, but I thought we’d go ahead and keep the poetry party going with a post today! (See how I used alliteration there? That’s a poetic device.) Some of my favorite poets are Wendell Berry, Ron Rash, Kathryn Stripling...
