by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 20, 2020 | Appalachian, Nature, Thistle
Spring approaches in the mountains in fits and starts. Days in February alternate between bone-chilling cold and balmy. Sunday was in the 60s and sunny, Thursday in the 30s with snow. But the signs are here trying to trick us! Our neighbors’ yard is dotted with...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 13, 2020 | Appalachian, Reading, Waiting
Well, no one guessed the title of my new story, but Connie Porter Saunders and Eleanor Mercer came closest with The Right Kind of Love. So what’s the new title? The story features Creed and Delphy Raines–a husband and wife living in Randolph County, WV,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 10, 2020 | Appalachian, Reading, Waiting, Writing
It seems like When Silence Sings JUST released and here it is time to look ahead to my new story for 2020. And I’m loving the title and the spectacular cover. I’ll start sharing the cover image more widely once the story is available for preorder, but in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 6, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Memories
I recently had my grandmother’s engagement ring restored (thank you Andy at Marthaler Jewelers!) It now sparkles like it must have when Grandpa bought it more than 60 years ago. The ring is VERY special to me. Grandma Burla was Grandpa Rex’s second wife....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 30, 2020 | Appalachian, History, Nature
When we visit the farm in West Virginia we ALWAYS see deer. Lots of deer. But elk? Well, there are some at the Wildlife Center we drive past on our way in. And yes, I did try to trick my husband by pointing one out the first time we drove by as if seeing elk along the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 27, 2020 | Appalachian, dogs, Hiking
If you’ve been reading my blog very long you know I hike just about every day. I’m lucky enough to live a mile from Pisgah National Forest and have been walking those trails for about twenty years now. Two decades ago the area didn’t have easy access...
