by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 30, 2017 | Appalachian, Family, Love, Memories
Not long ago I posted a list of things Appalachian mothers and daughters should do together in response to a similar on-line list that I thought was a bit silly (spa trip, yoga, and a trip to NYC). Since then, I’ve been thinking I need to write the same kind of...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 27, 2017 | Church, Family, Friends, holidays, Love
I know lots of folks who jump on their Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving (or sooner!), but I always wait until December 1. Maybe because it’s my birthday. And even then, I start slow, with a few outside decorations, maybe the nativity. I gradually...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 9, 2017 | Appalachian, History, Love, Reading
I try to keep up with books set in Appalachia, so I was excited when I saw that fellow Baker Publishing Group author Ann Gabhart was writing a book about the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky in the 1940s. These were women who went into remote hills and hollers as...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 26, 2017 | Appalachian, Friends, holidays, Love, Writing
Even as I’m gearing up for the release of The Sound of Rain in November, I’m also writing next year’s story. It’s a novella that will be part of a collection along with some of my favorite authors and it’s scheduled to come out in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 27, 2017 | Appalachian, Church, Family, Love, Memories
Today is our 21st wedding anniversary and I’ve decided to re-run a version of last year’s anniversary post. Our wedding was uniquely Appalachian for several reasons, not the least of which was that the only “facility” at our wedding was . . ....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 17, 2017 | Friends, Love, Memories, Miracles
It’s my anniversary. Not of my birth or my wedding, but of my stroke. On April 15, 2016, I went to work like usual and as I was addressing an envelope at my desk I . . . fell out. You can read about that experience HERE. In that post, I mentioned that having a...
