by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 1, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Waiting
I make it a policy to avoid regret as much as possible. It just doesn’t do any good. But there is ONE thing I regret. I wish I’d studied harder for the Golden Horseshoe Test when I was in eighth grade. I am NOT a Lady of the Golden Horseshoe although my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 24, 2015 | Appalachian, dogs, Nature, Thistle
Thistle and I often hike in the national forest near our house. I never know who we’ll run into up there–hikers, hunters, cyclists, foragers–there’s quite a variety of folks. Yesterday, though, was unique. We pulled into the gravel lot and I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 16, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Miracles, Nature
The calf lot was just beyond the backyard, adjacent to the barn when I was growing up. This was the “nursery” for the milk cow, so it was often empty. Inside the fence there was a rock. What I thought of as a massive, huge, immense rock that lay flat and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 10, 2015 | Appalachian
“Oh, the sweet sound of rain on a tin roof.” John smiled. “Your mother and I hid out in a barn in a storm like this once. That’s when I kissed her the first time. Can’t help but think that sound is the purtiest I ever heard.” – John Phillips, Miracle in a Dry...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 3, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Nature
I spent last weekend back home in WV visiting my family. It’s that lovely, in-between time of year when summer is clearly fading and fall has yet to arrive. The hay field had been cut, so the deer tended to hang back near the edges and they weren’t the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 27, 2015 | Appalachian, Nature
By some miracle, the nights have turned off cool enough to sleep with the windows open. Even though it’s still AUGUST. This pleases me deeply. And it gets me to thinking about how fall is right around the corner. As I get out and take Thistle for walks, or write...
