#appalachia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #appalachia, aggregated by home.social.
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Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.
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Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.
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Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.
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Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.
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Oh hey! It’s #BandcampFriday. If you’re looking to add some good tunes to the collection, Jodi Jones’ debut collection is fantastic. And so fitting for #LaborDay weekend.
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Early morning views while Charlotte the Spider tears down her web.
#nature
#naturephotography
#smokies
#appalachia
#appalachianculture
#spider
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I made another poster. GOOSE CREEK HOLLER. MONEY. MOUNTAINS. MURDER. Legal thrills in the heart of Appalachia. #mastodon #mastoArt #books #bookstodon #booksky #bookReview #book #poster #postADay #post #ad #advertising #ads #writing #author #august #authorLife #authors #writingCommunity #writers #writer #productivity #pro #promotion #socialmedia #fediverse #worldBuilding #words #graphics #pictures #picture #novels #novel #fun #exhibition #selfPromo #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #indie #DailyCreate #creative #creativity #readingCommunity #reading #read #ebooks #ebook #paperbackCoverArt #paper #publishing #published #ProductLaunch #creek #rural #Appalachia #legal #attorney #law #lawsuit #lawyer #crimeFiction #suspense #thriller #mystery #hills #hidden #murder #mountains #money
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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 235H: Monroe County, Ohio
Overview Monroe County is a notable rural Appalachian county in the eastern portion of the State of Ohio and the second-least-populated county statewide after only Vinton County, home to notable smaller villages and unincorporated areas including Woodsfield (county seat), Antioch, Beallsville, Clarington, Graysville, Jerusalem, Lewisville, Miltonsburg, Stafford, and Wilson. The county is not directly connected to any major Interstate or United States highways, though state highways located […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/hype-for-the-future-235h-monroe-county-ohio/
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Hype for the Future 131O: Historic Pruntytown, West Virginia
Overview The community at Pruntytown, West Virginia, has traditionally been identified as a community just a few miles to the west of the City of Grafton in Tyler County. Today, the area is served by United States Routes 50 and 250 and is most famous as the historic home of the West Virginia Industrial Site for Boys now known as the Pruntytown Correctional Center. To the west of the community limits is the site of the Taylor County Fairgrounds as well. -
Hype for the Future 104F: Cherokee National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Compared
Introduction While both the Cherokee National Forest and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are primarily associated with Tennessee, portions of both areas are also located in the adjacent State of North Carolina, though a significantly smaller portion of Cherokee exists in Ashe County while a significantly larger portion of the Great Smoky Mountains exist within the North Carolina counties further south and west. Mountain Ranges Nearly all the state line between Tennessee and North […] -
Hype for the Future 104E: The National Forests of North Carolina
Introduction Within the State of North Carolina, a total of four (4) National Forest areas are included. From west to east, these areas are the Nantahala, Pisgah, Uwharrie, and Croatan National Forests, with the entirety of the forest system within the State headquartered within Asheville. Though the Cherokee National Forest contains territory in Ashe County, North Carolina, such territory remains entirely associated with the State of Tennessee, where the forest area is generally split into […] -
Hype for the Future 100K: The History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Introduction Within the late colonial era, the area of present-day Kentucky was largely associated with unauthorized entry and violations of the Proclamation of 1763. However, even prior to the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the western claim by the Commonwealth of Virginia had largely been associated with the emerging Kentucky (or Kentucke) County, Virginia. Early Modern America Shortly after the Declaration of Independence of 1776, the emerging westward expansion had largely been restricted to […] -
Hype for the Future 100F: Town of Sparta, North Carolina
Overview The Town of Sparta is located within Alleghany County, North Carolina, along the Virginia state line to serve as the county seat. Without a significant tourist industry, the community remains even more highly rural than the vast majority of surrounding communities within the most recreational area of the Appalachians and Great Smoky Mountains in particular. Within the Town of Sparta, the only notable point of cultural interest is the Alleghany Historical Museum.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/hype-for-the-future-100f-town-of-sparta-north-carolina/
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Hype for the Future 100C: Town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Overview The Town of Spruce Pine represents the largest town located within the boundaries of Mitchell County, North Carolina, and is situated within one of just a few places where high-purity quartz can be found, especially within the Spruce Pine Mining District. While not much exists in tourist attractions within Spruce Pine, lodging is available throughout the community and Mitchell County, including the iconic Blue Ridge Boutique Hotel. -
Hype for the Future 99J: Haywood County, North Carolina
Introduction Haywood County is located in the western portion of the State of North Carolina and serves as the largest county by population in the portion of the state west of the City of Asheville. The smaller City of Waynesville serves as the county seat, and the artificial Lake Junaluska to the north anchors a significant unincorporated community and a novelty residential area similar to gated communities located elsewhere throughout the nation. Geography The City of Waynesville is […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/hype-for-the-future-99j-haywood-county-north-carolina/
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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 99C: Unicoi County, Tennessee
Overview Within the State of Tennessee and the Grand Division of East Tennessee is Unicoi County, which uses the community of Erwin as the county seat and is firmly located within reach of the Great Smoky Mountains. The Town of Unicoi, located further north and east within the county, serves as home to a local strawberry festival every year.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/hype-for-the-future-99c-unicoi-county-tennessee/
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Appalachia
I discovered North Carolina born, Colorado based singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson several years ago when her Traveling Mercies album came out. Her newest - featuring the title track here - will be released in January 2026. Her voice + lyrics take us on a timeless journey through the hearts + minds of the people we meet on the backroads across America
#emilyscottrobinson #singer #songwriter #americana #countrymusic #appalachia #folkmusic #countryfolk #newmusic #musicworld #listenup #nowplaying #randomplay #simsongs #mixtape #nowhearthis
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Appalachia
I discovered North Carolina born, Colorado based singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson several years ago when her Traveling Mercies album came out. Her newest - featuring the title track here - will be released in January 2026. Her voice + lyrics take us on a timeless journey through the hearts + minds of the people we meet on the backroads across America
#emilyscottrobinson #singer #songwriter #americana #countrymusic #appalachia #folkmusic #countryfolk #newmusic #musicworld #listenup #nowplaying #randomplay #simsongs #mixtape #nowhearthis
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Appalachia
I discovered North Carolina born, Colorado based singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson several years ago when her Traveling Mercies album came out. Her newest - featuring the title track here - will be released in January 2026. Her voice + lyrics take us on a timeless journey through the hearts + minds of the people we meet on the backroads across America
#emilyscottrobinson #singer #songwriter #americana #countrymusic #appalachia #folkmusic #countryfolk #newmusic #musicworld #listenup #nowplaying #randomplay #simsongs #mixtape #nowhearthis
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Appalachia
I discovered North Carolina born, Colorado based singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson several years ago when her Traveling Mercies album came out. Her newest - featuring the title track here - will be released in January 2026. Her voice + lyrics take us on a timeless journey through the hearts + minds of the people we meet on the backroads across America
#emilyscottrobinson #singer #songwriter #americana #countrymusic #appalachia #folkmusic #countryfolk #newmusic #musicworld #listenup #nowplaying #randomplay #simsongs #mixtape #nowhearthis
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This is about as close as we get to #Skyline out here. But I think it's a good view.
📷 #Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R#Appalachia #SmallTown #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #SouthernTier #WesternNY
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So. Much. #Texture.
📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R#ColorADay #BWFri #MicroFourThirds #Doors #UrbanDecay #PeelingPaint #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #BNW #Monochrome #WesternNY #Appalachia #SouthernTier
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A moment of #calm for #ForestFriday.
📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 R#Moss #Green #Brown #Trees #Forest #Appalachia #SouthernTier #WesternNY #MicroFourThirds #NaturePhotography #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe
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A bit of Cuba Lake for #FishyFriday.
📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R#FromAbove #Water #Ripples #Reflections #NatureObservation #QuietWater #WesternNY #NewYorkState #SouthernTier #Appalachia #MicroFourThirds #Fishing #Fish
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A thunderstorm rolled through on July 13, and I decided it was time to experiment a little. I'm happy with the results.
📷 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
🔎 Olympus M.40-150mm
🖥️ Luminar Neo#Thunderstorms #Stormclouds #Lightrays #Photography #BlackAndWhite #WesternNY #SouthernTier #Appalachia #Skies
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Some pointers from "The Eye of Every Storm - #Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene"
#CrimethInc, 2024-11-13
"At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire region. At a time when #misinformation, rising #authoritarianism, and disasters exacerbated by industrially-produced climate change are creating a feedback loop of escalating crisis, it’s crucial to understand #DisasterResponse as an integral part of community defense and strategize about how this can play a part in movements for liberation. In the following reflection, a local anarchist involved in longstanding disaster response efforts in #Appalachia recounts the lessons that they have learned over the past six weeks and offers advice about how to prepare for the disasters to come.
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated that Hurricane Helene poured 40 trillion gallons of water on the region. This caused an estimated 1800 landslides; it damaged over 160 municipal water and sewer systems, at least 6000 miles of roads, more than 1000 bridges and culverts, and an estimated 126,000 homes. There have been over 230 confirmed deaths across six states with many still missing.
"The entire region was completely cut off from the outside world for a day or more, with all major roads shut down by landslides, collapsed bridges, and downed trees. Water, power, internet and cell service all went down within hours of the hurricane arriving, and remained down for days or, in some areas, weeks. There are still communities that will likely not have electricity for another three months because the roads that the power company would use no longer exist. Six weeks into this disaster, there are still tens of thousands of people who lack access to drinkable water. Not only have thousands of homes been wiped off the map—in many cases, the land they rested on no longer exists. Massive landslides have scoured canyons 30 feet deep, exposing bedrock that has not seen the light of day for tens of thousands of years. The torrential floods moved so much earth and caused so many rivers to change course that scientists have designated the hurricane a 'geological event.'
"In response, a beautiful web of mutual aid networks has emerged, saving countless lives by bringing in #EssentialSupplies, providing #MedicalCare, setting up neighborhood #WaterDistribution centers, #SolarChargingStations, #SatelliteInternetHubs, free #kitchens, free #childcare, and more. Name a need and there are folks out here who have self-organized to meet it. We share these lessons we have learned in hopes of helping others to prepare for similar situations, aiming to increase our capacity to build autonomous infrastructure for the long haul.
Start Preparing Now
"There is no time like the present to get organized.
"Our mutual aid group has been around for almost eight years. Within 72 hours of the floodwaters receding, we had a functioning mutual aid hub and were mobilizing folks to check on missing people and #ChainsawCrews to cut people out of their homes and open up roads. We were only able to do these things because we had already put in the work in our community to build the trust and relationships that are so vital in times of crisis.
"While we are a small group, we have an extensive network of friends and allies that has grown throughout years of smaller-scale mutual aid and organizing efforts. The best way to prepare for a disaster is not to stockpile supplies, but to build trust in your community and nurture a healthy web of relationships. The best way to accomplish this is to start doing mutual aid projects in your community before an acute crisis arises. This will give you practice operating as a group and organizing logistics, and it will also connect you with others you wouldn’t otherwise meet and show them that they can count on you. Because of the work we had already put in, when the crisis hit, people turned to us and spread the word that we are a good group to funnel supplies and money through. You can only build that kind of reputation by putting in the work now.
Communications
"One of the biggest initial challenges we faced was that most means of communication went offline for between 24 hours and several weeks, depending on where you lived. That includes #landlines, #CellPhones, and internet. We can’t stress enough the importance of having multiple back-up options in place to be ready for a situation like this. First of all, make sure you have a place and time established in advance where folks know they can find each other in the event of a disaster. This is probably a good idea even if communications don’t go offline—nothing beats face-to-face communication.
"Satellite internet was invaluable during the first couple of weeks. For some particularly hard-hit communities, it remains the only means of communication six weeks into this disaster. Unfortunately, #Starlink, which is owned by the white supremacist Elon Musk, has proven to be the most useful and the easiest to set up in a disaster scenario. We know from past experience that he is eager to suppress social movements that use his companies’ services. There are other companies that provide satellite internet, but it tends to be slower, with significant data limits. These are generally not mobile systems and would be challenging to set up in the middle of a disaster.
"Don’t forget that you will need a source of electricity such as a generator or solar power to make satellite internet work.
"Radios, especially ham radios, are another important means of communication that should be arranged in advance with people who already know how to use them. Our mountainous terrain limits the distance that radios can broadcast, but it would still have been helpful if we had possessed ham radios.
Getting Organized
"Grassroots disaster relief is no longer the exclusive province of church groups and small bands of autonomous mutual aid groups. The notion has gone mainstream since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many people discovered that their neighbors were all they had to count on. At this point, well-organized and well-resourced groups of every stripe are prepared to mobilize quickly—from reactionary right-leaning groups like the Cajun Navy and to networks of volunteer helicopter pilots, not to mention radical groups like Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Beyond these specific groups, more people understand how to self-organize now. Within three to five days of the flood waters receding, you couldn’t drive more than ten minutes without running into a #DIY #ReliefHub or water station in someone’s front yard, church, or gas station parking lot. It would not be an overstatement to say that within a week, western North Carolina had the highest concentration of four-wheelers, all-terrain vehicles, and dirt bikes in the world, as people poured in from all over the South and beyond to help with search and rescue and to get supplies out to cut-off communities.
"Most of these hubs were truly #grassroots, with no formal organization behind them. This is an overwhelmingly positive development, but it does not come without challenges. The chief problems were redundancy of effort and lack of coordination between relief hubs, road clearing crews, and people doing #SupplyRuns, search and rescue, and wellness checks. The sooner you can develop relationships and good communication systems with other hubs, the better, so you won’t have to be constantly reinventing the wheel.
"Creating an intake system for incoming volunteers and arranging for people to coordinate them is a huge piece of the puzzle. We had to turn away many offers of help in the first few weeks because we didn’t have a good system in place for fielding newcomers, especially those from out of town, nor could we guarantee that we could plug them into a project on any given day if they just showed up, despite the fact that there was always a mountain of work to do. Connecting volunteers to communities and individual homes that need medical care, mucking, gutting, and repairs requires an enormous amount of legwork on your part, not to mention building trust between you and the residents. You would do well to have someone in your group that has a deep love of spreadsheets."
Full article:
https://crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/after-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia
#MutualAid #ClimateChange #Preparedness #BuildingCommunity #CommunityPreparedness #CommunityDefense #Polycrisis #HamRadios -
My personal essay “Saddles in the Kitchen” has been published by Redivider.
“In the 1970s, my family lived all over New Brunswick before settling down deep in the Appalachian hills of the Acadian forest. Every summer, we journeyed to Newfoundland to visit Dad’s family. I have snippets of memories from my infancy and early childhood. I recall being a baby on a plane with a smoking section, hoisted up to look over the rails of an icebreaker ferry called the William Carson….”
https://redivider.emerson.edu/saddles-in-the-kitchen/ @indigenousauthors #memoir #CNF #PersonalEssay #CanLit #WritingCommunity #ExJW #colonialism #religion #FamilyHistory #Inuit #Mikmaq #Beothuk #IndigenousMastodon #NativeMastodon #QueerLit #Newfoundland #Appalachia
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Defiling Mother Earth: Stopping the #MountainValleyPipeline
Guest: Dr Crystal Cavalier-Keck, co-founder of 7 Directions of Service
https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/defiling-mother-earth-stopping-the-mountain-valley-pipeline
#NativeAmericans #FirstNations #Indigenous #LandDefenders #Appalachia #pipelines #SLAPP #SLAPPs #SLAPPsuits #SLAPPlawsuits #lawfare #StopMVP #NoMVP #ecoactivism
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@JaneHadley What do you want to read about or plan to write about? The theory is that an #introduction page or two with those topics as hashtagged keywords will lead folks to you. So far, I'm not finding much regional #journalism in #BlueRidge #Appalachia where I live, but a little about #fiddling, #banjos, #mandolins, #oldtimemusic, #oldtimeradio and other things I'm interested in.