by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 30, 2013 | Family, Poetry, Reading
I’ve loved words, paper, books for as long as I can remember. Dad claims I learned to read because he had a habit of falling asleep while reading to me and I wanted to finish the stories. I “pretend wrote” before I learned my alphabet, filling pages...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 28, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Waiting
Today my dad is in town so no post. That’s him in front of the church I grew up attending. You can be sure we’ll be practicing the Appalachian tradition of telling stories during his visit. You know, stories that are mostly true. More fodder for the blog...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 21, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature
Labor Day weekend is right around the corner. When I was growing up that meant time for the annual hot dog roast at Toad and Berle’s. Yes, his name was Toad and he lived in what had been the community schoolhouse when my dad was a kid. There would be a big...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 16, 2013 | Family, Nature
It seems like I’m often trying to juggle my time. Work, writing, church, family, oh, and time with God–gotta squeeze that in, right? It can seem impossible. And it probably is. I tend to want to squeeze too much in–to overbook myself in the vain hope...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 9, 2013 | Family, Miracles
I mentioned on Monday that my brother and his family spent last weekend with us. That would be a total of four adults, one teenager, and two toddlers under the age of three. Let me say, five big people to two little people is not an unreasonable ratio. I think they...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 7, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Friends
Appalachia extends roughly (depending on which map you look at!) from Georgia to New York. But the only state that’s 100% Appalachian is West Virginia. And that would be my home place. I was waxing poetic about my home state when a friend asked if I sang that...
