by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 11, 2018 | Appalachian, bears, Family, Food, Memories, Nature
I’ve mostly given up trying to grow our food. I keep a pot of herbs and this year I grew a cherry tomato in a pot near the front porch. Based on what I paid for the plant and the number of tomatoes I picked, I’d say I broke even on that one. But, like the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 8, 2018 | History, prayer, Reading
How could I resist? I was offered an opportunity to be part of the launch team for Rachel Dodge’s new devotional Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen. Sign me up! I’ve read and reread all of Austen’s novels and while I was...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 4, 2018 | Appalachian, Hiking, Nature, Poetry
I’ve loved Robert Frost’s poem Nothing Gold Can Stay since I first saw The Outsiders movie. I think that’s the hardest I’ve ever cried at a movie. The poem is so gorgeously bittersweet. To me, it’s always spoken of that moment in autumn...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 1, 2018 | Friends, holidays, Writing
Tomorrow is the official release day for The Christmas Heirloom: Four Holiday Novellas of Love Through the Generations. (Click on the image to the right if you want to order it!) Release days have that first-day-of-school feeling. Did I pick the right outfit? Will I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 27, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
My latest novella–A Shot at Love–releases next Tuesday. It’s part of The Christmas Heirloom, a collection of stories that follows a piece of jewelry from Regency England to modern-day America. Now, these are romances–sweet stories of finding...
