#appalachia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #appalachia, aggregated by home.social.
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Black lung disease is rising again among Appalachian coal miners
#health #appalachia #coal #westvirginia #virginiahttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsnationnow.com/health/black-lung-cases-central-appalachia/amp/
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Black lung disease is rising again among Appalachian coal miners
#health #appalachia #coal #westvirginia #virginiahttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsnationnow.com/health/black-lung-cases-central-appalachia/amp/
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No matter where I go in this world, coming back to WV is something wonderful that I struggle to describe completely. Anywhere I am in #WV I feel a sense of comfort I haven't found anywhere else. I just hope every one has a place, a home, that does this for them.
Where do you call home?
#WestVirginia #home #Appalachia #MountainMomma #CountryRoads
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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
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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).
#Appalachia #AppalachianFolklore #AppalachianMountains #banshee #banshees #CornishFolklore #Elves #Fairies #Fairy #folklore #gnomes #history #Irish #Kentucky #Maryland #Ohio #Pennsylvania #PennsylvaniaDutch #ScotsIrish #tommyknocker #tommyknockers #Virginia #WestVirginia -
Poetry in Crannóg Magazine Now Available
My poem “Weathering” is in Crannóg Magazine‘s Issue 64. The print version is available in bookshops all across Ireland (incl. The Winding Stair and Dubray Books in Dublin and Charlie Byrnes in Galway); Foyle’s in London; City Lights in San Francisco; and Harvard’s bookstore in Cambridge. Full list of stockists here. It can also be ordered online.
#Appalachia #Poets #Wv #appalachianPoets #appalachianWriters #Cambridge #CharlieByrnes #CityLights #Crannóg #CrannógMagazine #Dublin #DubrayBooks #FoyleS #galway #Harvard #HarvardBookstore #ireland #IrishLiteraryJournals #IrishPoetryJournals #literaryJournal #literaryJournals #London #poems #Poetry #poetryJournals #prosePoems #TheWindingStair #vCMccabe #vCMyers #vcmccabe #vcmccabeCom #vcmyers #vcmyersCom #westVirginia #writing #wvPoets #wvWriters -
Hype for the Future 235K: Harrison County, Ohio
Overview Harrison County is a notable rural county located in the east-central portion of the State of Ohio and modestly south of the City of Canton along corridors such as Routes 22, 250, and 9 which uses the Village of Cadiz as the county seat. Smaller villages within the boundaries of the county include Adena, Bowerston, Deersville, Freeport, Harrisville, Hopedale, Jewett, New Athens, and Scio, while notable major highways beyond the primary routes of Cadiz within the county include […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235k-harrison-county-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 231E: Pike County, Ohio
Overview Pike County is a notable county in the south-central portion of the State of Ohio associated with the relatively rural Appalachian Ohio, with the City of Waverly and the Villages of Beaver and Piketon located within and Waverly serving as the county seat. Notable highways located within the boundaries of the county include Routes 23, 32, 41, 104, 124, 220, 335, 552, 772, and 776.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/hype-for-the-future-231e-pike-county-ohio/
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Thank you, Laurel Hightower, for this amazing blurb for my upcoming Appalachian weird horror novella, GODFESTATION. It’s available for pre-order now and comes out this August via
@sleyhousepublishing
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#books #horror #horrorbooks #appalachia #magicalrealism -
This week at the 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮, we're clubbing. Join us for a discussion of nightclubs, lemon curd, and a fantastic take on lemons from author Aspen Matis. 🍸 #cocktails #CocktailCulture #Appalachia #lemondrop
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Hype for the Future 177Q: City of Rogersville, Tennessee
Overview The City of Rogersville is a community that serves as the county seat of Hawkins County in East Tennessee, with the community associated with the Hale Springs Inn, the Swift Museum, and the Amis Mill Eatery.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/hype-for-the-future-177q-city-of-rogersville-tennessee/
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Hype for the Future 177Q: City of Rogersville, Tennessee
Overview The City of Rogersville is a community that serves as the county seat of Hawkins County in East Tennessee, with the community associated with the Hale Springs Inn, the Swift Museum, and the Amis Mill Eatery.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/hype-for-the-future-177q-city-of-rogersville-tennessee/
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Hype for the Future 177Q: City of Rogersville, Tennessee
Overview The City of Rogersville is a community that serves as the county seat of Hawkins County in East Tennessee, with the community associated with the Hale Springs Inn, the Swift Museum, and the Amis Mill Eatery.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/hype-for-the-future-177q-city-of-rogersville-tennessee/
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Hype for the Future 177Q: City of Rogersville, Tennessee
Overview The City of Rogersville is a community that serves as the county seat of Hawkins County in East Tennessee, with the community associated with the Hale Springs Inn, the Swift Museum, and the Amis Mill Eatery.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/hype-for-the-future-177q-city-of-rogersville-tennessee/
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Hype for the Future 177Q: City of Rogersville, Tennessee
Overview The City of Rogersville is a community that serves as the county seat of Hawkins County in East Tennessee, with the community associated with the Hale Springs Inn, the Swift Museum, and the Amis Mill Eatery.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/hype-for-the-future-177q-city-of-rogersville-tennessee/
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Hype for the Future 131L: The Monongahela National Forest
Introduction The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located within the highlands of eastern West Virginia, just west of the section of the Blue Ridge Mountains that divides the area from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the east. Today, the vast majority of the Monongahela National Forest overlaps with the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) and numerous parcels are within a ten-mile radius of the Green Bank Observatory, resulting in the heaviest restrictions on cell service and […] -
Hype for the Future 99H: Hayesville, North Carolina
Overview — Hayesville The Town of Hayesville is centrally located within Clay County, North Carolina, and serves as the county seat. Located in the western portion of the State of North Carolina immediately north of the Georgia state line is the town, which serves as home to the Clay County Historical and Arts Museum as well as the Historic Clay County Courthouse at the Beal Center. Overview — Clay County Outside the Town of Hayesville, additional communities of county interest include […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/hype-for-the-future-99h-hayesville-north-carolina/
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Hype for the Future 78E: The Point Pleasant Micropolitan Area
Overview Associated with Mason County, West Virginia; and Gallia County, Ohio, is the Point Pleasant Micropolitan Area, the Ohio side of which is home to the French Art Colony museum as well as the Gallipolis Railway Freight Station Museum. Though not necessarily in the micropolitan area, the Meigs County Museum is attached to the community of Middleport further upstream along the river. On the West Virginian side, the West Virginia State Farm Museum is located alongside the Mason County, […] -
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
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The door to our Garagarchives, with art by Jon Vickers Jones. #archive #archives #garage #garages #suburbia #artwork #moon #fern #ferns #impatiens #red #reddoor #summer #pennsylvania #appalachia #appalachianmountains #centralpennsylvania
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NEW! Winter Snow Scene in the Appalachian Mountains! https://buff.ly/3W6sKKv
#Winter #SnowScene #BuyIntoArt #SheliaHuntPhotography #Appalachians #Appalachia #AppalachianMountains #RoanMountain #BlackAndWhite #snowylandscape
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NEW! Winter Snow Scene in the Appalachian Mountains! https://buff.ly/3W6sKKv
#Winter #SnowScene #BuyIntoArt #SheliaHuntPhotography #Appalachians #Appalachia #AppalachianMountains #RoanMountain #BlackAndWhite #snowylandscape
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NEW! Winter Snow Scene in the Appalachian Mountains! https://buff.ly/3W6sKKv
#Winter #SnowScene #BuyIntoArt #SheliaHuntPhotography #Appalachians #Appalachia #AppalachianMountains #RoanMountain #BlackAndWhite #snowylandscape
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NEW! Winter Snow Scene in the Appalachian Mountains! https://buff.ly/3W6sKKv
#Winter #SnowScene #BuyIntoArt #SheliaHuntPhotography #Appalachians #Appalachia #AppalachianMountains #RoanMountain #BlackAndWhite #snowylandscape
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"#Vance’s willingness to radically revise and overwrite the lessons of his life story is by now a well-documented reflex; what’s more pivotal to his odyssey through public life is the voyeuristic liberal fascination with the tale of heroic uplift he spun in his reputation-making memoir."
#ChrisLehmann : How the Liberal #Media Gave Us #JDVance
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jd-vance-cnn-liberal-media/
#2024election #USpol #USpolitics #USmedia #bootstrapism #PoorBashing #Appalachia #poverty #prolowashing #HillbillyElegy #books -
#EnergyTransition Report: #Biden-#Harris IRA #CleanEnergy credits boost #UnionJobs, economy in #Appalachia https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-09-10/budget-policy-and-priorities/report-ira-clean-energy-credits-boost-union-jobs-economy-in-appalachia/a92264-1
"there are about 57 clean energy projects in the region that represent over $5 billion in capital investments. Most of these are #solar, a couple #wind, small #hydropower and a couple battery projects... using unionized labor, better wages and hiring apprentices is economically impactful"
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"So eager were critics and pundits to find an apologist for the White working class who was not blatantly racist that they overlooked #Vance’s fatuousness, his willingness to play up his hokeyness for the benefit of his liberal audience and the ultimate banality of his message."
#BeccaRothfeld on how #JDVance gulled liberals about #Appalachia with #HillbillyElegy, and on his Faustian bargain with Trumpism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/23/hillbilly-elegy-jd-vance-vice-president-nominee-review/
#USpol #USpolitics #bootstrapism #PoorBashing #poverty #books -
#ElizabethCatte - writing in 2017 - on the dangerous myth purveyed by #JDVance in #HillbillyElegy
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/elizabeth-catte-mythical-whiteness-trump-country/
#USpol #USpolitics #GOP #RNC #2024election #Trumpism #NewRight #Appalachia #poverty #PoorBashing #bootstrapism #books -
Author Silas House's thoughts about #AllOfUsStrangers and #TheStarlingGirl being passed over by the #Oscars
