by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 7, 2022 | Family, Memories
One of the things I love about being an author and including family history in my stories is that it’s connected me to lots of family members I didn’t even know I had! Cousins I might never have met otherwise are now part of my world. And there’s no...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 31, 2022 | Family, holidays, Memories
I suspect it was kind of tough on Mom having a Halloween birthday when we were kids. No fancy dinner out. Not much of a celebration at home. Mostly just wrangling kids and costumes and candy. So for Mom’s birthday today I just want to say THANK YOU for being the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 26, 2022 | Hiking, Memories, Nature
When we were kids walking home from the school bus along a West Virginia dirt road, touch-me-not or jewel weed offered excellent entertainment. And now, as an adult, when I’m walking Thistle along mountain trails, I keep an eye out for plump jewel weed pods....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 19, 2022 | Family, History, Memories
I remember Great Grandma Jane–my dad’s grandmother. She scared me stiff! She always seemed so serious–perhaps a little grim even. I suppose if you live into your 90s after losing all seven of your siblings, two husbands, and four children (with just...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 5, 2022 | Family, Memories, West Virginia
I knew I was going to get old; I just didn’t think it would start this soon. When I visit the family farm these days I’m steeped in nostalgia. So many of the “old folks” are gone now and the folks who I used to only think of as...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 8, 2022 | books, Memories, Reading
I’ve always loved going to the library. As a kid, Mom would take us to the Upshur County Library that Dad helped make possible as a county commissioner. We’d go in the children’s section and could choose any books we wanted. It was heaven. Except for...
