by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 25, 2014 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Reading
One of my greatest treasures is a collection of letters from my grandmother. She was from a generation that hadn’t quite given up paper and pen for the telephone and certainly not for e-mail. I doubt she ever sat down in front of a computer, although she...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 15, 2014 | Love, Reading
In 2011 I had the chance to meet Jan Karon–one of my favorite authors–and she was every bit as delightful as I hoped. Yesterday I had a chance to see her again and although she didn’t grab me and say she remembered me from that one, brief encounter...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 1, 2014 | Church, Family, Food, Love, Miracles, Waiting
As I approach the one-month mark from my book’s release on August 5 I’ll confess I’m a wee bit obsessed with things like sales rank, reviews, and Facebook engagement. And while many of those numbers are squishy, there’s just enough information...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 7, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
The MOST special day of my life was my wedding day. The book launch party for Miracle in a Dry Season definitely comes in second. It was utterly Appalachian from the location–a little white church on a hill–to the food–cornbread and beans. But the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 4, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love, Miracles, Reading
Miracle in a Dry Season officially launches tomorrow. Yesterday, we had a book launch party at my church. And while nothing is perfect this side of heaven, it was just about as close as we could get. In Appalachian Serenade Delilah realizes that family is something...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 3, 2014 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Food, Friends, Love
Back home in West Virginia there was always a bean supper at Lucille’s for the Fourth of July. George and Lucille were first cousins to my dad and they had a little, white house up on the ridge above the church. Each year, Lucille would organize the event with a...
