by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 6, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
If she’d lived longer than the 97 years God gave her, Grandma would have turned 102 this past weekend. That’s how old Aunt Bess was when she passed, so it’s not much of a stretch. I wear the engagement ring my grandfather gave her on my right ring...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 30, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
I write historical fiction . . . but I cheat. I only just realized this as my third novel was about to release last year. I’ve long struggled with genre and fitting what I write into a specific slot. Maybe it’s historical. Maybe it’s romance. Maybe it’s historical...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 23, 2017 | Family, Love, Memories
I’m closer to the half-century mark than I used to be. Which, I suppose, means I am undeniably a grown up whether I want to be or not. But still . . . there are days when I just want my momma. I recently spent several days at home in West Virginia. I wish it...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 5, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Hiking, Memories, Nature
I’m not a fan of looking at the turning of the calendar as any kind of clean slate. I figure most every day is the perfect time to begin doing whatever it is I’m supposed to be doing. But in the spirit of the New Year, I took a moment to look back over...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 4, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Memories
Back home in West Virginia there was always a bean supper at Lucille’s for the Fourth of July. George and Lucille were first cousins to my dad and they had a little, white house up on the ridge above the church. Each year, Lucille would organize the event with a big...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 23, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, Nature, Uncategorized
It’s getting HOT in Western NC. Oh, not like out west with temperatures over 100, but we have been in the 90s and we are NOT used to that. Of course, we have the perfect antidote to hot, summer days in the mountains of Appalachia. The swimmin’ hole. At...
