Homesick Appalachian

Southwest Virginian now transplanted elsewhere, writing and thinking about Appalachia and what home means.

[Appodlachia @appodlachia]

Let’s show folks that Appalachians make smart decisions.

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[expatalachians @expatalachians]

“Because the Appalachian culture puts so much emphasis on the home place…I think we’re constantly needing to rekindle with our roots.” Check out our latest on @davetabler, notable expatalachian and founder of the Appalachian Americans FB group #Appalachia
https://t.co/iDO90RCZJ1

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

A white almost-Christmas in Bluefield.

[Howard Berkes @hberkes]

My latest investigation of the epidemic of advanced black lung disease and the clear signals we found in federal data and internal memos - going back 20 years. https://t.co/Y1tPjyYwmf

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

This is awesome.

[Kenwardjr @Kenwardjr]

Here’s a @wvgazettemail story about why I work at this newspaper in my home state and what this MacArthur Fellowship means to me:

https://t.co/4sW2h4vtMd

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

My grandparents would roll over in their graves.

https://t.co/ibJQNWp6Bq

[L.A. Times Books @latimesbooks]

What you are getting wrong about Appalachia https://t.co/4JgFlJINgR

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@elizabethcatte This was lovely

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@onesarahjones VPAP @vpapupdates is a good resource. https://t.co/zZ8YjohI3K

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

Good read: https://t.co/zCDNMFC6ZQ

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@bourbonswan According to my mother, who wages war against groundhogs in her garden every summer, they also hate onions. She once planted the whole perimeter with onions to make the groundhogs think it was all onions. They were not fooled.

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@elizabethcatte The @vmfa in Richmond? You just missed the terracotta warriors but it has some nice art.

[Kenwardjr @Kenwardjr]

ICYMI: Our second @wvgazettemail and @ProPublica story on West Virginia natural gas boom https://t.co/25I80tBx0H

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

Sad news for McDowell County, the end of the Welch News.

https://t.co/on6SWgmpaL

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@elizabethcatte @erickerl I wasn't there (sadly) but reading the tweets, I don't understand why organizers would invite someone known for a controversial thing, then pretend - and expect others to pretend - that controversial thing doesn't exist.

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

These folks are doing great work, give them your money so they can keep it up. https://t.co/Xm2AzSLvjH

[Bitter Southerner @BitterSouth]

Last two hours of our membership drive and we’re down to 25. We only need 25 more new members by midnight. Join the BS, we need you! https://t.co/Xb4tDPex58 #BetterSouth

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

This whole thread 🔥🔥👍 https://t.co/708JvzBuHD

[𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒚 @DavidJoy_Author]

The idea that working class fiction and/or fiction centered around the rural poor hasn’t been published is horseshit. You just haven’t been reading it. Name a year and I’ll tell you a book that should’ve been bigger than it was. https://t.co/gvWuHKyG5J

[Katherine Thompson @WVVAKAThompson]

Downsloping winds creating the "waterfall clouds" effect over East River Mountain in Bluefield, WV this morning. Stunning. #wvvawx #WildandWonderful

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@elizabethcatte When I was a kid my parents were friends with some West Virginia nuns who did counseling at a women's prison and didn't wear habits. They'd come stay for a weekend. We went to the motherhouse in Wheeling for one of their silver jubilee celebrations. I admit it sounds odd.

[Homesick Appalachian @appalachiahome]

@elizabethcatte I loved the Judybats in college. I had two of their albums on cassette tape and played them constantly. I never meet other Judybats fans, sadly.