by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 3, 2014 | Church, Family, Friends, Love
A show of hands please–who out there is busy? Ah-ha. I see a lot of hands. And I hear a lot of friends, family members, and co-workers who share tales of their busy-ness with me. And I tell quite a few of my own. Two members of a missionary family from Turkey...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 20, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Reading
Well, it wasn’t exactly a book tour, but it’s about as close as I’ll get until my books are a bit more, well, known. I did two events back home in WV last week–a reading at a dinner at Fish Hawk Acres and a signing at Mainline Books. And it was...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 13, 2014 | Family, Friends, Love, Miracles, Nature, Waiting
Hard times–valleys–come in so many forms. They can be obvious–job loss, death in the family, sickness, natural disaster. Or they can be harder to spot–a child gone astray, a marriage in tatters, a difficult work environment. And all too often,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 9, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Nature, Thistle
There are generally two types of folks I run into hiking in the national forest near our house. 1) Transplants with an appreciation for nature who carry water bottles, graphite hiking sticks, and often have a proliferation of bumper stickers on their cars. 2) Locals...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 6, 2014 | Church, Family, Friends, Love, Reading
I was going to review Jan Karon’s latest novel–Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good–but I realized I didn’t want to review it so much as analyze it. The thing is, Jan Karon doesn’t follow the rules. If you go to conferences or classes (which...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 29, 2014 | Appalachian, Food, Friends, Love, Reading, Waiting
There’s nothing like sitting behind a table of your books watching people go by to remind you how important humility is. There’s also nothing like total strangers who have never heard of you or your book getting excited about meeting you to remind you the...
