by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m predisposed to like anything Chris Fabry writes. 1) He’s a West Virginian, and 2) He’s a fantastic writer. But putting my predilection aside, The Promise of Jesse Woods is a fantastic book. I knew kids like Jesse when I was growing up–the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
People love to complain about traffic. They have difficult commutes. People don’t know how to drive. Everyone’s blood pressure is shooting sky high. My commute to work includes one traffic light. I can go another way if I’m itching for a little...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s been a good book week for me. Early reviews are out for A Tapestry of Secrets from RT Book Reviews as well as Publishers Weekly, I got my first copies of Tapestry in the mail, and Until the Harvest was nominated for a Carol Award. It’s enough to make...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
These are hard days back home in WV. At least 25 people have died with 44 of the state’s 55 counties recently or currently inundated with flood waters. Houses have been washed off their foundations, roads and bridges washed away, utilities are out. I’m...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 23, 2016 | Appalachian, Family, Nature, Uncategorized
It’s getting HOT in Western NC. Oh, not like out west with temperatures over 100, but we have been in the 90s and we are NOT used to that. Of course, we have the perfect antidote to hot, summer days in the mountains of Appalachia. The swimmin’ hole. At...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, being assigned to hang wet laundry on the clothes line was NOT my favorite task. I didn’t much appreciate bringing it in when dry, either. Especially since that meant I’d be folding all that stuff. But now, I long for a clothes line....
