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 | Jun 26, 2023 | Family, Food, West Virginia
I just spent a wonderful weekend at home in WV visiting family and enjoying FABULOUS dinner at Fish Hawk Acres in Buckhannon, WV. There were rainbows two days out of three. Ahhh. My kind of vacation! My niece is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! Home sweet...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 13, 2023 | Family, Love, West Virginia
I don’t have much to say this week other than that I LOVE these people. Got to spend some time with family in WV over the weekend. This one is Mom, my niece, and me.
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 28, 2022 | holidays, West Virginia
I love shopping local. Especially when it’s local to my home sweet home in West Virginia! Here are some great gift items to share with your favorite mountain man or woman. And yes, I’ve personally sampled/used everything I’m recommending. (And...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 10, 2022 | Appalachian, Language, Nature, West Virginia
For the first 18 years of my life, I lived in a place where the driving directions included the phrase, “Turn off the paved road.” I love that so many places in Appalachia can be reached not by driving down highways or paying attention to street signs, but by...
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...
