by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 18, 2013 | Family, Food, Friends, Nature
One of my favorite daily pleasures is indulging in really good tea. I have a cup when I first arrive at the office. I enjoy a mid-afternoon tea break. And I typically sip a bedtime cup. Sometimes I make a proper pot and use one of the many lovely teacups I own, but...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 16, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends
We love our festivals in West Virginia and we have ’em all year long. There’s the Strawberry Festival in the spring, the WV State Fair in summer, and Helvetia’s Fasnacht each winter, but fall is prime time for some great celebrations of our...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 7, 2013 | Church, Friends, Miracles
We’ve been doing a study by Chip Ingram in our Sunday School class and a recent point has really stuck with me. He talked about how churches shouldn’t start new ministries unless they have a passionate leader with a team that’s committed to seeing it...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 4, 2013 | Family, Friends, Reading
I was driving home from work on Wednesday behind a slow-moving dump truck. I wasn’t too happy about it until we passed a dirt parking lot where two little boys were playing. They saw the truck and began madly pumping their arms in the air. The truck driver blew...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 30, 2013 | Family, Friends, Miracles
I’m one of those annoying people who thinks she’s supposed to be good at just about everything. Okay, not music, but otherwise I should be able to figure it out. Which means when I’m NOT good at something I tend to think I’d better learn it. I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 4, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature, Thistle
Oh it’s good to have friendly neighbors with apple trees. It may be even better than having apple trees yourself. No mowing over the windfall fruit. No yellow jackets swarming around all that fallen, bruised goodness. No guilt because you can never use them all....
