by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 29, 2013 | Food, Miracles, Waiting
Each of my novels takes one of Christ’s miracles and puts it in the hands of a mere mortal. None of them do miracles intentionally, they just seem to have this ability that manifests itself when the time is right. And so I’ve read and reread the accounts...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 17, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature
Summer is a fruitful time in the soft, green mountains of Appalachia. The black raspberries are done (no recipes here, I just eat them as I find them!) and now it’s time for blackberries. (Early apples soon to come!) The season promises to be prolific with...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 10, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Nature
It was a sad day. Jim came home not long ago and let me know that our source for raw cow’s milk had dried up, so to speak. I tried almond milk, but really, they’re not fooling anyone. So it’s back to the ultra-pasteurized, homogenized stuff that was...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 21, 2013 | Family, Food, Friends, Nature, Reading
It’s the first day of summer. The Summer Solstice. Here in Western NC the sun rose at 6:15 a.m. and will set at 8:49 p.m. That’s 14 hours and 34 minutes of daylight. Compare that to the shortest day of the year when we have 9 hours and 45 minutes of sun....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 12, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature, Reading
The house we live in has the sorriest excuse for a front porch. But it’s still a porch and I’ll take it. Because a need to sit on the front porch is embedded in my genetic material. Porch sitting is simply a way of life in the mountains. It’s for...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 10, 2013 | Food, Friends
I’m not really what you’d call crafty. I see all those Pinterest posts and think, I could do that. But even if I could, I generally don’t. Oh, I cut some flowers and “arrange” them in a vase now and again. I get a little artsy with food...
