by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 8, 2021 | History, West Virginia
I’ll confess that the first time I discovered Chimney Corner, it was because I wanted to avoid driving over the New River Gorge Bridge. I tell ya, I was fine with that bridge until I went to the overlook and stood BELOW the bridge and yet ABOVE the river far,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 21, 2021 | Family, History, West Virginia
Yesterday was West Virginia Day–the day we celebrate seceding from the Confederacy and becoming a new state by presidential decree! I’ll always be a West Virginia girl. Even though I’ve now lived in other states longer than I did on our family farm,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 31, 2021 | History, holidays
One of the best parts of writing historical fiction is the research! I learn so many interesting tidbits I’d never come across if it weren’t for research-related rabbit trails. For example, you likely know that Memorial Day is a day set aside for...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 24, 2021 | books, History, West Virginia
From the lodge at Hawks Nest Park. At the Hawks Nest Overlook. Heading to the overlook. Breathtaking! The New River runs UNDER Gauley Mountain. The Dries aren’t all THAT dry! The Finder of Forgotten Things–releasing in December–tells the story of a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 8, 2021 | History, Nature
It was a scramble, when we were kids, to be the first one to pick the mop-headed daffodils growing at the crest of the hill above the house. I always wanted to take them to church as a present for Aunt Bess. I can still feel the cold and smell the rough fragrance of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 18, 2021 | books, History
Several of my stories have been set in 1930s West Virginia. And there’s LOTS of great history from that era to draw from for ideas. But some history I won’t attempt to spin into one of my tales. And that goes for the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell who was hanged...
