by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 7, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
The MOST special day of my life was my wedding day. The book launch party for Miracle in a Dry Season definitely comes in second. It was utterly Appalachian from the location–a little white church on a hill–to the food–cornbread and beans. But the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 4, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
Miracle in a Dry Season officially launches tomorrow. Yesterday, we had a book launch party at my church. And while nothing is perfect this side of heaven, it was just about as close as we could get. In Appalachian Serenade Delilah realizes that family is something...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 31, 2014 | Appalachian, Food, Friends, Nature
Peaches are at their peak here in Western North Carolina. A neighbor brought us some from the farmer’s market earlier this week and I’ve been enjoying them every day. You may have noticed that peaches are prominent on the cover of Miracle in a Dry Season....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 24, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends
My grandmother had quite a collection of aprons–full aprons and half aprons. Terry cloth aprons for everyday and frilly aprons for company. I personally own four aprons–a quilted one from my friend Judy, a flowered one that was a prize in a contest, an...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love
Back home in West Virginia there was always a bean supper at Lucille’s for the Fourth of July. George and Lucille were first cousins to my dad and they had a little, white house up on the ridge above the church. Each year, Lucille would organize the event with a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 30, 2014 | Food, Friends, Love, Reading
I spent last Sunday-Tuesday in Atlanta at the International Christian Retail show. I’ve been to quite a few writers’ conferences, but this was my first event where the focus was on selling books rather than writing them. And it was a hoot. I went to...
