by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 4, 2014 | Appalachian, Friends, Reading
Today I’m hoping you’ll join me over at SouthernBelleView where author Eva Marie Everson has been gracious enough to post an interview with me. She critiqued Miracle in a Dry Season at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference two and half...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 28, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Nature
Last week I included an excerpt from a booklet published by the Descendants of the French Creek Pioneers. It was about my great-great grandfather and included a mention of one of his children–my Uncle Marcellus. This is particularly interesting to me because...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 21, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family
The 40th meeting of the Descendants of the French Creek Pioneers was just held back home in West Virginia. I wish very much I could have been there and hope to make it in 2015. Next year will be the centennial year, which sounds weird until you understand that meeting...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 14, 2014 | Appalachian, folklore cures, Nature, Waiting
I have freckles. More than an adorable smattering across my nose. More than a dusting across my cheeks. I have a freckle on my lip, on my eyelids, my ears. And when I was a kid I wanted them GONE. Luckily (or not) there are quite a few folklore remedies for freckles...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 11, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Reading, Waiting
Phew. Launching a book is work, but unlike digging ditches, it’s hard to see exactly what you’ve accomplished. And so, you look at reviews. There are reviews on Amazon, on Barnes & Noble, on Goodreads, on Christianbooks.com. There are reviews on blogs...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 7, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
The MOST special day of my life was my wedding day. The book launch party for Miracle in a Dry Season definitely comes in second. It was utterly Appalachian from the location–a little white church on a hill–to the food–cornbread and beans. But the...
