by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 22, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, Food, holidays, Memories
I was talking to Dad about Thanksgiving when he was a child and learned that it was often hog killing day in Appalachia. Everyone was off work and gathering together anyway, so it was a good day for many hands to make light work. While I’m glad NOT to be...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 1, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, Love
No, not the state. I often brag about how the people of Appalachia are pretty fantastic. Well, this week, a young man named Montana helped prove my point. I’ve mentioned before that my Dad has Parkinson’s Disease. Every six months or so I head home and we...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 29, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
This week I’m taking the closest thing to a vacation I ever do. It’s a week off from work to spend time with my family. It’s not exactly a trip to the beach, a cruise, or a European getaway, but it’s what I love–being on the family farm...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 11, 2018 | Appalachian, bears, Family, Food, Memories, Nature
I’ve mostly given up trying to grow our food. I keep a pot of herbs and this year I grew a cherry tomato in a pot near the front porch. Based on what I paid for the plant and the number of tomatoes I picked, I’d say I broke even on that one. But, like the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 27, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
My latest novella–A Shot at Love–releases next Tuesday. It’s part of The Christmas Heirloom, a collection of stories that follows a piece of jewelry from Regency England to modern-day America. Now, these are romances–sweet stories of finding...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 23, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, Hiking, Nature, Waiting
While in West Virginia last weekend my brother showed me some ginseng plants. He was checking them to see if they had seeds he could plant to spur future growth. He gathered up the red fruit with seeds inside and sowed them in a new spot. Seeds need 18+ months to...
