by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 1, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Waiting
I make it a policy to avoid regret as much as possible. It just doesn’t do any good. But there is ONE thing I regret. I wish I’d studied harder for the Golden Horseshoe Test when I was in eighth grade. I am NOT a Lady of the Golden Horseshoe although my...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 16, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Miracles, Nature
The calf lot was just beyond the backyard, adjacent to the barn when I was growing up. This was the “nursery” for the milk cow, so it was often empty. Inside the fence there was a rock. What I thought of as a massive, huge, immense rock that lay flat and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 3, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Nature
I spent last weekend back home in WV visiting my family. It’s that lovely, in-between time of year when summer is clearly fading and fall has yet to arrive. The hay field had been cut, so the deer tended to hang back near the edges and they weren’t the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 13, 2015 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Friends, Love, Memories
At my church here in the mountains of NC we call homecoming, “Old Folks Day.” I LOVE this. Although there has been some push back in recent years from some of the folks who felt like they were beginning to fall into the “old” category. I see...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 9, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Memories, Nature
Growing up on the farm, we pretty much took our shoes off on the last day of school and didn’t put them on again (except for church) until summer ended. I ran through the yard without a thought for bees. Walked across the rocky driveway without flinching. Hopped from...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 25, 2015 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
This week I’m dipping into one of the two boxes of family items my Dad had tucked away at the farm. My ultimate goal is to sort through everything and preserve these treasures, but for now, I’m just enjoying unearthing nuggets of pure gold. First, we have...
