by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 9, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Nature, Thistle
There are generally two types of folks I run into hiking in the national forest near our house. 1) Transplants with an appreciation for nature who carry water bottles, graphite hiking sticks, and often have a proliferation of bumper stickers on their cars. 2) Locals...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 2, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature, Reading
I’m headed home in October. Ahhhh. My favorite month in my favorite place. And as an added bonus, I’m doing two book-related events while I’m in West Virginia. So excited to take my book back to the place it was born! Thursday, Oct. 16, 5:30 pm...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 29, 2014 | Appalachian, Food, Friends, Love, Reading, Waiting
There’s nothing like sitting behind a table of your books watching people go by to remind you how important humility is. There’s also nothing like total strangers who have never heard of you or your book getting excited about meeting you to remind you the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 25, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Reading
One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn’t quite given up paper and pen for the telephone and certainly not for e-mail. I doubt she ever sat down in front of a computer, although she...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 18, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food
It’s time to put up the garden–canning, preserving, freezing. Of course, I hated it when I was a kid, but now I wish I had the time and cellar space to preserve summer in a Mason jar. Not to mention family close enough to gather on the porch to string...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 11, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food
Doing the dishes isn’t particularly Appalachian–people wash up after meals everywhere–but it struck me that characters in my books often have great conversations over dish washing. Why is that? Well, probably because I’ve been part of many a...
