by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 23, 2018 | Appalachian, Food, Poetry, Reading, Speaking
I had a wonderful time at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest this past weekend. I had a chance to teach a class, sit on a panel, and interact with readers (and writers!). Some of my favorite things to do! On Friday I sat in on a poetry workshop with former Wisconsin poet...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 8, 2018 | Appalachian, Memories, Nature, Poetry
No, not the states below the Mason Dixon Line. I’m talking about the cooperative store started by farmers in Virginia. When I was a kid, we’d go to Southern States to buy things like cattle feed, bulk dog food, bag balm, seeds, medicine for cattle, and...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 5, 2018 | Family, Memories, Poetry
We all have special people in our lives. Folks who have an impact on us–whether fleeting or long term. I’ve been thinking lately about how many of those people in my life are gone now–Grandma Burla, Aunt Bess, Dusan & Marsha, Aunt Dorothy &...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 4, 2016 | Appalachian, Nature, Poetry
While folks living further to the north have no illusions about winter being over and folks further to the south rarely get the full-on winter experience, we here in the middle–the Appalachians–are suffering that in-between season. We just had a major hit...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 22, 2015 | Appalachian, Food, Friends, Memories, Poetry
Saturday was West Virginia Day. Don’t worry, gifts aren’t expected. (Although one of those little black bears carved out of coal is always nice.) We had friends over for dinner and served food seasoned with WV sea salt (no, it’s not a...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 18, 2013 | Appalachian, Miracles, Poetry
It’s one week ’til we celebrate the birth of our savior. Here’s a musical interlude from Mark O’Connor’s album, Appalachian Christmas. O’Connor on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello, and Allison Krauss singing. A foretaste of heaven,...
