by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 8, 2019 | Food, Friends, History
This past Saturday I had a chance to travel to the 1700s French & Indian War at Ft. Dobbs near Statesville, NC. Friends of mine are reenactors who planned to attend the War for Empire weekend with their Dragonfly Traders tent. Lorraine offered to outfit me. Well,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 4, 2019 | Appalachian, Hiking, Nature
Autumn used to be my favorite season, but as I get older I’m enjoying spring more and more. Maybe it’s the relief from the cold. Maybe it’s more hours of sunlight. Or maybe it’s the wildflowers! As kids we’d keep an eye on the daffodils...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 1, 2019 | Appalachian, holidays
Just in case you didn’t notice, today is the first day of April. OR April Fool’s Day. I’ve never been a fan of April Fool’s jokes, but there IS a long-standing tradition of natives of the mountains (or most any place) playing tricks on...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 28, 2019 | Appalachian, Family, Nature, superstition
It’s finally March and while we still have redbud, dogwood, and blackberry winters to go (at a minimum), country folks are thinking about plowing the garden. When I was a kid my father and one of the more mature ladies of the church would have pretty much the same...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 25, 2019 | Appalachian, Poetry, Reading, Speaking, Writing
I’m SO excited to be presenting at this year’s WV Writers Summer Conference! I so enjoy talking writing and sharing what I’ve learned thus far, but to do it back home in West Virginia . . . well, you can’t beat that with a stick! PLUS,...
