by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 13, 2020 | Writing
I’ve been working on wrapping up edits on my story for 2020 while brainstorming future stories. Which means I’ve been living inside my author head lately. And I thought maybe you’d get a kick out of taking a peek inside . . . When an author appears...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 9, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Food
My great-grandmother was on the sustainable eating bandwagon before it was even a thing. Of course, she called it “surviving.” She mostly ate what the family grew, foraged, or hunted. They took what they needed with a little extra to “lay by.”...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 6, 2020 | Waiting, Writing
In 2012 I wrote my vision statement–a statement of my goals as an author. I think it’s important to not only create such a document, but to revisit it regularly to see how I’m doing and what needs to change. So as 2020 gets underway (and since today is Epiphany!), I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 2, 2020 | Appalachian, History, holidays
We’ve rung in the new year and Christmas is over . . . or is it? I’ve written before about Old Christmas–the mountain tradition of celebrating the holiday on January 6 due to some calendar confusion dating back hundreds of years. But there’s...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 30, 2019 | Appalachian, holidays, superstition
I’ve written in previous posts about new year’s traditions like first-footing and eating lucky foods. But do you know about blowing out the old for the new year? The idea is to throw open all the doors and windows in the house just before midnight so that...
