by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 24, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Nature
For the first 18 years of my life I lived in a place where the driving directions included the phrase, “Turn off the paved road.” I love that so many places in Appalachia can be reached not by driving down highways or paying attention to street signs, but...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 19, 2013 | Appalachian, Reading
Remember in the movie A League of Their Own when Tom Hanks said, “There’s no crying in baseball?” Well, turns out there’s no cursing in Christian publishing. Nope, you just don’t do it. Now there are plenty of folks out there debating...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 17, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature
Summer is a fruitful time in the soft, green mountains of Appalachia. The black raspberries are done (no recipes here, I just eat them as I find them!) and now it’s time for blackberries. (Early apples soon to come!) The season promises to be prolific with...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 12, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Miracles, Nature
It’s time for a new headshot. I like the one I have–my hair is nice, I look pretty good. But it doesn’t have much in the way of personality. And it definitely doesn’t offer any hints at my brand. There’s nothing that says Appalachia, or...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 10, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Nature
It was a sad day. Jim came home not long ago and let me know that our source for raw cow’s milk had dried up, so to speak. I tried almond milk, but really, they’re not fooling anyone. So it’s back to the ultra-pasteurized, homogenized stuff that was...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Thistle
I’m worried that the art of visiting is drifting into obscurity. I was writing a scene earlier this week and a character invited guests to “come in and sit a spell.” This was a common phrase when I was growing up. Even if you were just dropping...
