by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 15, 2020 | Family, Nature
Today I’m in WV spending the day with my nine-year-old niece. Which means my meanderings are a little more, well, meandering! But I still got some gorgeous photos to share!
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 28, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
I enjoy looking at historic homes on-line and recently realized that porch swings are much more common to the rural south–including Appalachia. It finally hit me that northern homes don’t have as many swings–or porches for that matter–because...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 21, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Memories
Thistle and I have been walking through a neighbor’s pasture lately. There’s a critter trail we take and I can’t walk through the waist high grasses without thinking about my father telling us to stay out of the hayfield lest we mash down the grasses...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 18, 2020 | Family, Love, Memories
It’s been three weeks since Dad died. I’m getting used to the idea. That’s Dad grinning with me on my wedding day. But not really. Maybe that’s the catch. I don’t actually want to be less sad about losing my father. It feels right to me...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 7, 2020 | Family
It’s been a tough week, but also one filled with blessings. We had a small, family only service for my Dad at the farm in West Virginia. It was a terrible, wonderful day. A pastor Dad’s known since high school delivered the service on the deck at the farm...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 30, 2020 | Appalachian, Family, Love
If you follow my blog you know Monday was my anniversary. It was also the day my Dad died. He’s the one who passed the storytelling gene on to me. So many of his stories are woven into my novels. Dad finding my first novel on the shelf at the Upshur County...
