by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 2, 2014 | Appalachian, Miracles, Nature
While fall has long been my favorite time of year, spring comes in a close second. I do my best novel plotting whilst walking in the woods and April-May-June provide an ever-changing palette of flowers for inspiration. Mountain laurel, lady’s slippers, wild...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 29, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends
I was thinking about having some friends over to celebrate WV Day (June 20) and wondered what I could make that’s unique to my home state. Fried squirrel probably wouldn’t go over very well, I’m serving beans and cornbread at my launch party, and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 22, 2014 | Appalachian, Nature, Thistle
A crew has been cutting trees and clearing brush under the power lines along our road. It’s mostly something of an eyesore (though I understand the need), but last week they uncovered something really wonderful. A spring house. While the road I live on has...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 15, 2014 | Appalachian, Reading, Waiting
My publisher recently ran a contest to win Advanced Reading Copies (ARCs) of Miracle in a Dry Season. It’s been fun to see the winners popping up on my Facebook page to say thanks. But do you realize what this means? People I don’t know can now read my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 8, 2014 | Appalachian, Family
Last week I wrote about being descended from David Phillips whose father-in-law fought in the Revolutionary War. The same booklet that reassures me I am, indeed, a Daughter of the American Revolution, also offers up some interesting tidbits about other ancestors...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 1, 2014 | Appalachian, Family
I’m the seventh generation to grow up on our family farm back in West Virginia. There was David Phillips, Horace Phillips, David Phillips, Jane Phillips Loudin, Rex Loudin, Larry Loudin, and then me. My nieces and nephews aren’t currently living on the...
