by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 17, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, History, Thistle
We just returned from spending several days at The Farm in West Virginia. My niece is the eighth generation of my family to grow up on that land. The house we stay in is just a few months older than I am since my parents built it while Mom was pregnant with me....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | May 3, 2018 | Appalachian, Family, History, Memories, superstition
I’ve attended several funerals lately and it got me thinking about how much a part of growing up in Appalachia funerals have always been. As a child I often went with my parents to funerals. Shoot, everyone went. It’s just what you did. The two things I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 26, 2018 | Appalachian, Church, History, Memories
Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary–twenty-two years! So what does that have to do with outhouses? Well, if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that the church where we married was lacking indoor plumbing. It still is twenty-two years later....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 12, 2018 | Appalachian, History, Nature, Uncategorized, Waiting
We’ve been complaining lately about the weather. I know, I know, everyone does that ALL the time. But spring this year has really been a roller coaster ride. Windows open. Windows closed. Coats off. Coats, hats, and gloves back on. I was thinking the weather...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 26, 2018 | Church, History, holidays, Love, Miracles
Just picture it. Jesus comes riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. People act like he’s a rock star–waving palm branches, throwing their cloaks down in the street. The king is here. But wait. This isn’t the king they expected. He doesn’t overthrow...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 28, 2017 | Appalachian, Friends, Hiking, History, Nature, Writing
I love it when I describe something in one of my novels that I can clearly picture and THEN find that what I described actually exists. In Miracle in a Dry Season Casewell cleans out an old spring with a catch basin. Guess what my husband found in the woods on the...
