by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 6, 2017 | Appalachian, bears, Food, Nature
Summer is a fruitful time in the soft, green mountains of Appalachia. The black raspberries are gone and the blackberries are just getting started. Typically we have MORE than enough to go round–even sharing with the bears! When it comes to blackberries there...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 26, 2017 | Appalachian, Friends, holidays, Love, Writing
Even as I’m gearing up for the release of The Sound of Rain in November, I’m also writing next year’s story. It’s a novella that will be part of a collection along with some of my favorite authors and it’s scheduled to come out in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 1, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
Remember when June meant school was over and you had long, hot weeks stretching out ahead of you before you had to think about having a schedule again? Of course, I grew up on a farm, so there was plenty to DO with gardening and haying and general choring. But even...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 25, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Miracles, Waiting
Yesterday we returned from a trip home to West Virginia. A trip that didn’t go QUITE the way we planned! Everything was on track until we passed through Rock Cave, WV, and I noticed the bright red battery light on the dashboard. Uh-oh. My husband checked the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 18, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Memories, Nature
We’re finally having some truly warm weather with days that might even be what you would call “hot.” And as summer approaches, I’ve seen some folks in the area start to put up the first cutting of hay. When I was a kid, the first cutting typically came pretty close to...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 15, 2017 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Memories, Writing
While you can look just about anything up on-line these days, it’s sometimes nice to have an actual book you can take down from the shelf and flip through to find what you need. That’s what I do when I want to include hymn lyrics in one of my novels. When...
