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...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 7, 2013 | Friends, Miracles, Waiting
I’ve been reading the book of James during my morning devotion lately. Wednesday, I read this in the fourth chapter: “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 27, 2013 | Family, Friends
It’s Memorial Day. I have the pleasure of a day off work and the duty to remember why. I have family members who served in the armed forces, friends, neighbors, acquaintances. There was my Uncle Judd who lost half a lung in World War II. Gail Phillips who had a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 22, 2013 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends
Once upon a time, people in Appalachia were poor and didn’t have much. (Now too many of them are poor and have lots of stuff, but that’s another post.) When it came time for a wedding there was no question of going down to the bakery to flip through pages...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 20, 2013 | Family, Food, Friends, Waiting
I generally try to come up with blog posts all on my own. Well, mostly my own. But today I’m shamelessly borrowing from my friend Jamie Chavez who brought Harry Stamps’ obituary to my attention in one of her posts last week. This is the BEST obituary ever...
