by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 4, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature, Thistle
Oh it’s good to have friendly neighbors with apple trees. It may be even better than having apple trees yourself. No mowing over the windfall fruit. No yellow jackets swarming around all that fallen, bruised goodness. No guilt because you can never use them all....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 28, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Waiting
Today my dad is in town so no post. That’s him in front of the church I grew up attending. You can be sure we’ll be practicing the Appalachian tradition of telling stories during his visit. You know, stories that are mostly true. More fodder for the blog...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 21, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature
Labor Day weekend is right around the corner. When I was growing up that meant time for the annual hot dog roast at Toad and Berle’s. Yes, his name was Toad and he lived in what had been the community schoolhouse when my dad was a kid. There would be a big...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 7, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Friends
Appalachia extends roughly (depending on which map you look at!) from Georgia to New York. But the only state that’s 100% Appalachian is West Virginia. And that would be my home place. I was waxing poetic about my home state when a friend asked if I sang that...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 2, 2013 | Appalachian, Friends, Miracles, Reading
There are generally two schools of fiction writers–plotters and pantsers. Plotters plan their novels–they know more or less what happens each step of the way and then write from plot point to plot point. I’ve seen calendars and spreadsheets and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 31, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Nature
At work recently we had a “Pool Olympics” for the kids in the ministry. Staff took those who wanted to go to the public pool in town and had a series of games for them to play complete with prizes. It was a broiling July afternoon perfect for the pool and...
