by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 21, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Nature
Labor Day weekend is right around the corner. When I was growing up that meant time for the annual hot dog roast at Toad and Berle’s. Yes, his name was Toad and he lived in what had been the community schoolhouse when my dad was a kid. There would be a big...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 7, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Friends
Appalachia extends roughly (depending on which map you look at!) from Georgia to New York. But the only state that’s 100% Appalachian is West Virginia. And that would be my home place. I was waxing poetic about my home state when a friend asked if I sang that...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 2, 2013 | Appalachian, Friends, Miracles, Reading
There are generally two schools of fiction writers–plotters and pantsers. Plotters plan their novels–they know more or less what happens each step of the way and then write from plot point to plot point. I’ve seen calendars and spreadsheets and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 31, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Nature
At work recently we had a “Pool Olympics” for the kids in the ministry. Staff took those who wanted to go to the public pool in town and had a series of games for them to play complete with prizes. It was a broiling July afternoon perfect for the pool and...
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 15, 2013 | Friends, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
It’s uncanny lately how often either our Sunday School lesson or the verses from Ladies’ Bible Study match the weekly sermon. We’re between pastors at the moment, so different people are filling the pulpit and apparently God is slipping them notes on...
