by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 18, 2023 | Poetry, West Virginia
West Virginia has FOUR state songs. If that seems like a lot, Tennessee has something like a dozen. I’ve always sung “The West Virginia Hills,” when entering my home state. It’s been an official state song since 1963. But the song most people...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 21, 2022 | Nature, Poetry, Waiting
Spring is often a bit of a tease in the mountains. Early, warm days will trick you into putting out flowers and bedding plants only to see an April frost literally nip them in the bud. I have a spot all picked out for my tomatoes (maybe they won’t get blight in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 22, 2021 | dogs, Poetry
World Poetry Day was actually yesterday, but I thought we’d go ahead and keep the poetry party going with a post today! (See how I used alliteration there? That’s a poetic device.) Some of my favorite poets are Wendell Berry, Ron Rash, Kathryn Stripling...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 20, 2020 | Nature, Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, which seems particularly fitting this April. I’ve been reading a fair amount of Wendell Berry’s poetry lately. Always a favorite, his work is a particularly welcome refuge these strange days. And, reading his poetry usually...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 23, 2020 | Nature, Poetry
I’ve pretty much given up watching the news. Or reading it. I have a few, trusted sources I check in with–but not too often. Instead, I’ve been reading Wendell Berry’s poetry. It’s been my go-to antidote for all sorts of challenges over...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 23, 2019 | dogs, Poetry
If you’ve followed this blog for very long, you know that I insert the occasional poem–mostly mine–but someone else’s now and again. I think of poetry as condensed stories. It’s the essence of life boiled down to words that will often fit...
