by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 2, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature, Reading
I’m headed home in October. Ahhhh. My favorite month in my favorite place. And as an added bonus, I’m doing two book-related events while I’m in West Virginia. So excited to take my book back to the place it was born! Thursday, Oct. 16, 5:30 pm...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 29, 2014 | Appalachian, Food, Friends, Love, Reading, Waiting
There’s nothing like sitting behind a table of your books watching people go by to remind you how important humility is. There’s also nothing like total strangers who have never heard of you or your book getting excited about meeting you to remind you the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 18, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food
It’s time to put up the garden–canning, preserving, freezing. Of course, I hated it when I was a kid, but now I wish I had the time and cellar space to preserve summer in a Mason jar. Not to mention family close enough to gather on the porch to string...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 11, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food
Doing the dishes isn’t particularly Appalachian–people wash up after meals everywhere–but it struck me that characters in my books often have great conversations over dish washing. Why is that? Well, probably because I’ve been part of many a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 1, 2014 | Church, Family, Food, Love, Miracles, Waiting
As I approach the one-month mark from my book’s release on August 5 I’ll confess I’m a wee bit obsessed with things like sales rank, reviews, and Facebook engagement. And while many of those numbers are squishy, there’s just enough information...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 25, 2014 | Food, Miracles, Nature, Waiting
Back during Lent I went on a fear fast that was an amazing growth opportunity for me. But in recent weeks I’ve been feeling a tug to go on a real, honest-to-goodness, Biblical fast. You know, by abstaining from food. Let me just insert here that food is one of...
