by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 8, 2015 | Love, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
Last week on SouthernBelleView I asked readers to share true love stories in order to be entered to win a copy of Until the Harvest. Just let me say, after reading the comments I realized this was a brilliant idea (which means the credit for it lies elsewhere!). I...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 1, 2015 | Appalachian, Love, Miracles
Happy June! I’m turning in the manuscript for the third book in the Appalachian Blessings series today and feel like celebrating. So I thought I’d give away a copy of my recently released book #2–Until the Harvest. Until the Harvest features the next...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 29, 2015 | Appalachian, dogs, Love, Nature
Thistle is four now, which means my sweet Sammy has been gone for more than six years. But like any good, mountain dog, he’s taken on a certain mythological quality. That’s what we do with our dogs in Appalachia–we mourn them and then we tell their...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 8, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
I’ve been fortunate to have had some very nice reviews of my books. Library Journal had some nice things to say, and there are several lovely reviews on Amazon.com and GoodReads. Not to mention blog reviews scattered around the web. But on Friday evening I got...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 4, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Waiting
Guess what? It’s 21 days ’til Christmas! Yup, Christmas is just three weeks away. Are you ready? Are you counting down with joy and anticipation? Or is there a little how-will-I-get-everything-done dread mixed in there? When I was little, we had a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 24, 2014 | Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles
Welcome to the season of over-eating. First, there’s Thanksgiving with all its abundance. And since everyone else is eating too much it kind of gives us all permission to indulge. What’s one more bite of pecan pie when you’ve already exceeded your...
