by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 18, 2021 | Family, Memories, Nature
Terrible weather has been rolling through the country with snow, ice, and tornadoes causing all sorts of problems and power outages. As I’m writing this we’re expecting a mix of snow, rain, and ice to hit us throughout the night and into the morning....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 11, 2021 | books, Family, History
West Virginia has produced some amazing characters. And while I typically write Twentieth Century historical fiction, that doesn’t keep me from chasing rabbit trails further into the past. Like reading about Betty Zane . . . When she was very young, her family...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 14, 2021 | Family, Memories
The long, dark, cold days of winter are upon us. It’s just getting light when I take Thistle for her morning constitutional and I can barely squeeze in a quick trot with her at the end of the workday. It’s just dark. And cold. And we won’t even talk about how...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 26, 2020 | Family, holidays, Memories
Oh for those Thanksgivings gone by! The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade would be on TV, mom would be filling the house with the aroma of butter, sage, and turkey. I’d be watching out the window counting down the minutes until the cousins came . . . The...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 21, 2020 | Faith, Family, Love
One year ago today I hugged Dad for the last time. Of course, I didn’t know that. We so rarely recognize last times when they come. Which is good, I think. And while I wasn’t expecting that hug to be the last, Dad’s progressing Parkinson’s made...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 9, 2020 | Family, History, holidays
Wednesday is Veterans Day. Which got me to thinking about the veterans in my family. And I’m not talking about Vietnam or Korea or even World War II. I’m reaching back to the days before West Virginia was even a state! It was during the Civil War that West...
