#appalachia — Public Fediverse posts

#Introduction I'm Sunflower. I love #Appalachia & I'm trying to take back owning my #music. Looking for folks w/similar music taste like
Dolly Parton
Mumford & Sons
Old Dominion
Green Day
Hootie & the Blowfish
Cold War Kids
Joywave
Artic Monkeys
CCR
Young the Giant
Chris Stapleton
Shania Twain
Blonde
Smashing Pumpkins
The Killers
Temper City
Goo Goo Dolls
The Cranberries
Alabama Shakes
Smash Mouth
Coldplay
ELO
NEEDTOBREATHE
Jelly Roll
Good Charlotte
Cigarettes @ Sunset
Sister Hazel

#Introduction I'm Sunflower. I love #Appalachia & I'm trying to take back owning my #music. Looking for folks w/similar music taste like
Dolly Parton
Mumford & Sons
Old Dominion
Green Day
Hootie & the Blowfish
Cold War Kids
Joywave
Artic Monkeys
CCR
Young the Giant
Chris Stapleton
Shania Twain
Blonde
Smashing Pumpkins
The Killers
Temper City
Goo Goo Dolls
The Cranberries
Alabama Shakes
Smash Mouth
Coldplay
ELO
NEEDTOBREATHE
Jelly Roll
Good Charlotte
Cigarettes @ Sunset
Sister Hazel

#Introduction I'm Sunflower. I love #Appalachia & I'm trying to take back owning my #music. Looking for folks w/similar music taste like
Dolly Parton
Mumford & Sons
Old Dominion
Green Day
Hootie & the Blowfish
Cold War Kids
Joywave
Artic Monkeys
CCR
Young the Giant
Chris Stapleton
Shania Twain
Blonde
Smashing Pumpkins
The Killers
Temper City
Goo Goo Dolls
The Cranberries
Alabama Shakes
Smash Mouth
Coldplay
ELO
NEEDTOBREATHE
Jelly Roll
Good Charlotte
Cigarettes @ Sunset
Sister Hazel

#Introduction I'm Sunflower. I love #Appalachia & I'm trying to take back owning my #music. Looking for folks w/similar music taste like
Dolly Parton
Mumford & Sons
Old Dominion
Green Day
Hootie & the Blowfish
Cold War Kids
Joywave
Artic Monkeys
CCR
Young the Giant
Chris Stapleton
Shania Twain
Blonde
Smashing Pumpkins
The Killers
Temper City
Goo Goo Dolls
The Cranberries
Alabama Shakes
Smash Mouth
Coldplay
ELO
NEEDTOBREATHE
Jelly Roll
Good Charlotte
Cigarettes @ Sunset
Sister Hazel

#Introduction I'm Sunflower. I love #Appalachia & I'm trying to take back owning my #music. Looking for folks w/similar music taste like
Dolly Parton
Mumford & Sons
Old Dominion
Green Day
Hootie & the Blowfish
Cold War Kids
Joywave
Artic Monkeys
CCR
Young the Giant
Chris Stapleton
Shania Twain
Blonde
Smashing Pumpkins
The Killers
Temper City
Goo Goo Dolls
The Cranberries
Alabama Shakes
Smash Mouth
Coldplay
ELO
NEEDTOBREATHE
Jelly Roll
Good Charlotte
Cigarettes @ Sunset
Sister Hazel

Webs & sunbeams #sun #photography #macro #Appalachia #web

Webs & sunbeams #sun #photography #macro #Appalachia #web

Webs & sunbeams #sun #photography #macro #Appalachia #web

Webs & sunbeams #sun #photography #macro #Appalachia #web

Webs & sunbeams #sun #photography #macro #Appalachia #web

To Live Here, You Have to Fight How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice, 2017

Launched in 1964, the War on Poverty quickly took aim at the coalfields of southern Appalachia. There, the federal government found unexpected allies among working-class white women devoted to a local tradition of citizen caregiving and seasoned by decades of activism and community service.

#books
#nonfiction
#America
#Appalachia
#SocialJustice
#poverty
#women

Hare Krishna Kitchens In W.Va., Soul Food And A Musician’s Call To Arms, Inside Appalachia https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/20874/ #Appalachia #Arts&Culture #Asheville #HareKrishna #InsideAppalachia #podcast #PodcastInsideAppalachia #SoulFood #SoulFoodKitchen #SoulFoodKitchens #SoulFoodRestaurant #SoulFoodRestaurants #TashiDorji #XavierOglesby

Early morning views while Charlotte the Spider tears down her web.

#nature
#naturephotography
#smokies
#appalachia
#appalachianculture
#spider
#sunrise

https://youtu.be/SPP1HiIw3Uc?is=n6nW9L2EnBwBAt4p

Tennessee beauty is unmatched.
#nature
#naturephotography
#smokies
#appalachia
#appalachianculture
#moon
#orion
#constellation

https://youtube.com/shorts/wTAqVLI1Y4w?is=FthBU5SMM8hJHkRi

Dolly was so many things but at her heart she was an #Appalachian. When many treated Appalachians as dumb stupid hillbillies, she proved the opposite while still holding on to the traditions of #Appalachia.

She was our spokesperson.
She was ours even though she belonged to the world.

This hits hard.

RIP #Dolly #DollyParton

Two little hearts, one cozy chair, and a whole lot of love. 🐾❤️ Sometimes happiness is simply having your best friend right beside you. The #BabySharks

Hanging out in the #Appalachian Mountains at the @Appalachian Bungalow. Too hot to play outside.

#Dog #DogsofFediverse #Yorkies #Gratitude #Appalachia #Heatwave

@Appalachian I have discovered the #Veggie Gifter. It is our 81 year old #neighbor across the street.

I was in the yard with the Yorkies and she came running across the street with a big bag of fresh #garden #vegetables.

My gosh, I love small town #America.

#Tomatoes #Appalachia #Appalachian #Georgia

#Caturday. Apparently the #Appalachian Mountain Bungalow came with four #feral neighborhood #cats.

We are calling this one Cali. She comes just so close and then runs away. But we are making progress. She now allows us to go in our backyard when she is on her throne (fence). The #Yorkies are convinced they can be besties. 🤔

Next week, we are going to bribe her with treats.

#Appalachia
@Appalachian

Happy International Cat Day! Just received my first bad review on my book GOOSE CREEK HOLLER. Pretty harsh, and while I get where the reviewer is coming from, did he actually read the part about the other Southern delicacies consumed by the Appalachian family of Buchnells? It also starts with a "G". I think not, or he might have given a more favorable review and at least a one paw up. And it's hollar, not holler, Mr. Harrison. Sheesh, reviewers. #cats #cat #bookReview #reviews #review #mastodon #fediverse #books #booksky #bookstodon #book #humor #fun #caturday #saturday #goose #goosecreekholler #sophiajanehayden #novels #novel #Southern #Appalachia #Appalachian #mysteryThriller #mystery #writingCommunity #writing #writer #writers #scribesAndMakers #writingCommunity #reading #read #readersofmastodon #readingCommunity #readin2026 #felines #harrison #catskills #words #iamwriting

Fairies of Northern Appalachia is OUT NOW!

I’m so excited to say that “Fairies of Northern Appalachia: A History of the Little People of the Mountains” is out everywhere now.

The book collects old and new folklore from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, eastern Ohio, Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and western Maryland. It features Pennsylvania Dutch, Scots Irish, Irish, and Cornish traditions, among others.

Here you’ll find stories about banshees, tommyknockers, gnomes, mountain dwarves, household spirits, wassernixen, fairy queens, fairy witches, Appalachian pygmies, and arrow-shooting elves.

The painting on the cover is “The Fairy Favourite” by John Anster Fitzgerald, which I thought perfectly captured the strangeness and diversity of Appalachian fairies. The carving on the back cover is by artist Joan Reed.

You can find it at your local bookstore or at Amazon. The book is also available in a beautiful hardcover (see below).

Hype for the Future 235I: Belmont County, Ohio

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235i-belmont-county-ohio/

After almost a year from buying a place in the #BlueRidgeMountains, we finally had a #datenight. I promise you that there is nothing like living in a small town and supporting small business owners. 🏡

Living slow, dining local, and drinking something strong (yes, #moonshine) under #Appalachian skies. Around here, the sunsets stop traffic, everybody knows your name, and the stories get better after dark. Small town life may not move fast but it sure knows how to live. I am so fortunate. The sunsets are pretty fabulous too!

Also, how cool is it that I'm standing in the middle of the road to take this picture. 😁

#Appalachia #Sunsets #SmallTown #Georgia

After almost a year from buying a place in the #BlueRidgeMountains, we finally had a #datenight. I promise you that there is nothing like living in a small town and supporting small business owners. 🏡

Living slow, dining local, and drinking something strong (yes, #moonshine) under #Appalachian skies. Around here, the sunsets stop traffic, everybody knows your name, and the stories get better after dark. Small town life may not move fast but it sure knows how to live. I am so fortunate. The sunsets are pretty fabulous too!

Also, how cool is it that I'm standing in the middle of the road to take this picture. 😁

#Appalachia #Sunsets #SmallTown #Georgia

After almost a year from buying a place in the #BlueRidgeMountains, we finally had a #datenight. I promise you that there is nothing like living in a small town and supporting small business owners. 🏡

Living slow, dining local, and drinking something strong (yes, #moonshine) under #Appalachian skies. Around here, the sunsets stop traffic, everybody knows your name, and the stories get better after dark. Small town life may not move fast but it sure knows how to live. I am so fortunate. The sunsets are pretty fabulous too!

Also, how cool is it that I'm standing in the middle of the road to take this picture. 😁

#Appalachia #Sunsets #SmallTown #Georgia

After almost a year from buying a place in the #BlueRidgeMountains, we finally had a #datenight. I promise you that there is nothing like living in a small town and supporting small business owners. 🏡

Living slow, dining local, and drinking something strong (yes, #moonshine) under #Appalachian skies. Around here, the sunsets stop traffic, everybody knows your name, and the stories get better after dark. Small town life may not move fast but it sure knows how to live. I am so fortunate. The sunsets are pretty fabulous too!

Also, how cool is it that I'm standing in the middle of the road to take this picture. 😁

#Appalachia #Sunsets #SmallTown #Georgia

After almost a year from buying a place in the #BlueRidgeMountains, we finally had a #datenight. I promise you that there is nothing like living in a small town and supporting small business owners. 🏡

Living slow, dining local, and drinking something strong (yes, #moonshine) under #Appalachian skies. Around here, the sunsets stop traffic, everybody knows your name, and the stories get better after dark. Small town life may not move fast but it sure knows how to live. I am so fortunate. The sunsets are pretty fabulous too!

Also, how cool is it that I'm standing in the middle of the road to take this picture. 😁

#Appalachia #Sunsets #SmallTown #Georgia

An #Appalachian saying...

What we give doesn't always return, but what we give is always what we are.

#quotes #quoteoftheday #Appalachia #quoteposts

#Dallas glowing like a circuit board beneath the wing tonight ✨

But the best part of the journey is what comes next. Heading #home to the quiet ridges of #Appalachia and my beloved Tiger Mountain, where the lights grow fewer, the stars grow brighter, and the #Appalachian mountains are my home. Did I mention the #BabySharks? 🐶

Big city below, Blue Ridge ahead.
Homeward bound. 💕

#DallasFromAbove #AppalachiaBound #BlueRidgeMountains #AncestryRoads #MountainHome @Appalachian

Hype for the Future 121B: Churchville, Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/hype-for-the-future-121b-churchville-virginia/

Hype for the Future 104F: Cherokee National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Compared

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/hype-for-the-future-104f-cherokee-national-forest-and-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-compared/

Hype for the Future 103P: George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/hype-for-the-future-103p-george-washington-and-jefferson-national-forests/

Hype for the Future 100G: Ashe County, North Carolina

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/hype-for-the-future-100g-ashe-county-north-carolina/

Hype for the Future 99J: Haywood County, North Carolina

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/hype-for-the-future-99j-haywood-county-north-carolina/

Hype for the Future 99A: The Frontier Culture of Augusta County, Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/hype-for-the-future-99a-the-frontier-culture-of-augusta-county-virginia/

Hype for the Future 96A: Highland and Bath Counties, Virginia

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/hype-for-the-future-96a-highland-and-bath-counties-virginia/

Trading my #WestVirginia #Ancestor Farmhouse for a #Georgia #Bungalow

New #Blog Post: From One #Mountain Home to Another: Trading West Virginia Roots for a Georgia Ridge.

It was incredibly difficult to let go of the hope of buying my Grandparent's farm in #Appalachia.

https://ancestryroads.blogspot.com/2025/08/from-one-mountain-home-to-another.html

@Appalachian #Genealogy #familyhistory

Notorious US #ChemicalPlant polluting water with toxic #PFAS, lawsuit claims

Complaint says #Chemours factory dramatized in Hollywood movie #DarkWaters continues to pollute #WestVirginia river

by Tom Perkins, January 27, 2025

"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic 'forever chemicals', a new lawsuit alleges.

"It represents the latest salvo in a decades-old fight over pollution from the plant, called Washington Works, which continues despite public health advocates winning significant legal battles.

The new federal complaint claims #WashingtonWorks has been spitting out levels of PFAS waste significantly higher than what a discharge permit has allowed since 2023, which is contaminating the #OhioRiver in #ParkersburgWestVirginia, a town of about 50,000 people in #Appalachia.

"The factory was the focal point of a Hollywood movie, Dark Waters. It dramatized the story of how the pollution widely sickened Parkersburg residents, and the David v Goliath legal saga in which a group of residents and attorneys took on Chemours, then part of DuPont.
The findings ‘highlight the importance of careful scrutiny of novel chemicals’, said Irene Jacz, a study co-author and Iowa State economist.

"An epidemiological study stemming from the case blew the lid off of the health risks of PFAS, and ultimately cost #DuPont about $700m.

"Though the landmark case still reverberates across the regulatory landscape, the suit started almost 25 years ago, concluded in 2016, and Chemours’s pollution continues. The new lawsuit is part of other legal actions related to the facility that have filled the gap left by weak regulatory action, local advocates say. The never-ending struggle 'wears you out', added Joe Kiger, a Parkersburg resident who was one of the original litigants in 2001.

"'We have put up with this for 24 years, and [Chemours] is still polluting, they’re still putting this stuff in the water,' Kiger said.

"The new lawsuit, filed by the #WestVirginiaRiversCoalition, alleges 'numerous violations' since the level of PFAS the company is permitted to discharge per a consent order was lowered in early 2023. Among the contaminants are #PFOA, a PFAS chemical to which virtually no level of exposure in drinking water is safe, the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) has found. It also includes #GenX, a compound for which the EPA has similarly found very low exposure levels can cause health problems.

"The EPA ordered Chemours to take corrective action, but the company has done nothing in response, and the agency has not taken further action, the suit states. The complaint does not mention drinking water, which is largely filtered. But the suit alleges the ongoing pollution prevents residents from using the river for recreation.

"In a statement, Chemours said the 'concerns are being addressed' through the consent order. It also noted it was renewing discharge permits with the state, and was working with regulators 'to navigate both the consent order and the permit renewal process'.

"'Chemours recognizes the Coalition as a community stakeholder and invites the Coalition to engage directly with the Washington Works team,' a spokesperson wrote.

"The EPA and West Virginia Rivers Coalition declined to comment because litigation is ongoing.

"Kiger and others who have taken on Chemours and DuPont railed against the company, accusing it of 'greed' and putting profits above residents’ health. Some in Parkersburg refer to the waste as the 'Devil's Piss'.

"'They do what they can to make money,' said Harry Deitzler, a West Virginia attorney who helped lead past lawsuits.

"'The officers in the corporation sometimes don’t care about what’s right and wrong – they need to make money for shareholders and the lawsuits make everyone play by the same rules.'

"Still, most residents are not aware of the ongoing pollution, those who spoke with the Guardian say. Chemours is a large employer that still wields power locally, and spends heavily on charitable giving. Many remain supportive of the company, regardless of the pollution, Kiger said.

"'That’s the kind of stuff you’re up against,' he added. 'People put a blind trust in them. It could be snowing out and Chemours would tell everyone it’s 80F [27C] and sunny, and everyone will grab their tan lotion.'

"The saga began in the late 1990s when the plant’s pollution was suspected of sickening nearby livestock, and an investigation by attorneys revealed the alarming levels at which PFAS was being discharged into the water and environment.

"A class action lawsuit yielded about $70m in damages for area residents in 2004, but the litigation did not prove DuPont’s PFAS pollution was behind a rash of #cancer, #KidneyDisease, stubbornly high cholesterol and other widespread health problems in the region.

"Instead of dividing the settlement up among tens of thousands of residents, which would have only provided each with several hundred dollars, the money went toward developing an epidemiological study with independent scientists to verify that widespread local health issues were caused by DuPont’s pollution.

"The move was a gamble that ultimately paid off – the study of about 70,000 people showed by 2012 that PFOA probably caused some forms of cancer, #ThyroidDisease, persistently #HighCholesterol, pregnancy-induced #hypertension and #autoimmune problems.

"Subsequent studies have shown links between the chemical and a host of other serious health problems – #BirthDefects, #neurotoxicity, kidney disease and #LiverDisease – that residents in the area suffered.

"DuPont and Chemours in 2017 settled for $671m in costs for about 3,500 injury suits, and have paid more to install water-filtration systems throughout the region. Separately, Chemours in 2023 settled with the state of #Ohio for $110m for pollution largely from Washington Works.

"The EPA and state regulatory agencies have at times been staffed with former DuPont managers or industry allies, and litigation has been the only way to get any meaningful movement, said Rob Bilott, the attorney who led the original class-action suit.

'"It’s infuriating,' Bilott said. 'It took decades of making DuPont documents and internal data public, and getting the story out through movies, news articles, books and public engagement, and that’s what finally pushed the needle here. This is the impact of citizens forcing it through decades of litigation.'

"The latest lawsuit is a citizen’s suit under the #CleanWaterAct. Such suits give citizens the power to ask a judge to enforce federal law when a polluter is violating it and regulators fail to act.

"The lawsuit asks a judge to order the company to pay $66,000 for each day it has been in violation, which is stipulated in the permit. That would total around $50m, but the main goal is to stop the pollution.

"The EPA has acknowledged Chemours is violating the law, but has 'taken no further enforcement action regarding Chemours’s violations as of the date of this complaint', the suit reads."

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/27/chemours-pfas-pollution-lawsuit

Archived:
https://archive.ph/p3wA6
#Environment #PFASPollution #PollutionRunoff #WaterIsLife #DevilsPiss

As #hurricane #Milton heads across the Gulf of Mexico towards #Tampa gaining destructive power above water heated by #ClimateChange , #DoNothing #BananaRepublican #MarjorieThreeToes Greene is telling her constituents - and others in #Appalachia still recovering from #Helene - that “Yes (#Democrats ) can control the #weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-hurricane-helene-b2623999.html

#USpol #VoteBlueNoMatterWho to #SaveAmerica from the #MAGA #cult of ignorance and hate.

Being a Foster Mom, in the past, I can't even begin to tell you the trauma these families must be going through.

Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina seeks your help.

https://buff.ly/4gMtsoC

#Helene
#Helene2024
#NCStrong
#HeleneRelief
#Appalachia
#FosterChild #Foster

@wikitree

#Appalachia is my home and heart.

Join me and two members as we discuss how we are doing #Genealogy for #Appalachians.

We aren't selling anything. We aren't giving away prizes.

We might share some #Biscuits, #SweetTea, #FamilyHistory, a few #laughs and some #tears over our #Ancestors.

We are a #Community. We love Genealogy.
We tear down #BrickWalls. We #care.

#WikiTree allows us to do that for free so it's available to all.

Spend 45 minutes with us. See our passion.