Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸

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[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

⚠️ Account announcement!

I’ve changed my handle from “AppyOrtho” to “AppyObliged”

“Much obliged” is how my great granddaddy always said “thank you.” If you want a longer explanation as to why you can read the post below ⬇️

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Those who homeschooled and belonged to a traditional church before 2020, have you seen the same huge changes to your spaces as I have? So many new people have flooded into these two groups but so often seem to do it not out of love for the space but out of hate for what’s outside. This drastically changes the character of the space particularly in an egotistical way. They come in wearing their pride on their sleeve with arm loads of conspiracy theories and based podcast listening hours telling us “how it is” and I’m just like, I dunno I want to read and bake and talk to my kids and love Jesus, I don’t know what you’re on.

When I think about the whole arch of my 23 years as a mom I feel sad that my youngest (5 yrs old) will never have the same experiences her older brothers did. My younger kids and I are always dodging weirdos and trying not to get entangled in their drama (which is really impossible).

I’ve recently concluded that the lifeboat of homeschooling and trad church communities has simply become swamped and unnavigable for people wanting to live a basic, normal life and it’s really sad.

I think it’s going to influence some of the content I post here too. I will still be posting my 1940s home and Southern culture things but my posts about once traditional social spaces may take on a different leaning. I also may start seeking “normal” spaces other places and posting about that.

To be clear, by normal space I simply mean a space not dominated by people with mental health struggles and borderline personality disorders who are constantly offended and hostile to those who don’t think EXACTLY like them. Does that even exist anymore?

[Go Nashville! 🇺🇸 @BestNashTransit]

God invented @X

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@bayboflap It’s probably because East Tennessee has been the fastest growing area like three years running. We get all types of craziness coming here.

[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

Those who homeschooled and belonged to a traditional church before 2020, have you seen the same huge changes to your spaces as I have? So many new people have flooded into these two groups but so often seem to do it not out of love for the space but out of hate for what’s outside. This drastically changes the character of the space particularly in an egotistical way. They come in wearing their pride on their sleeve with arm loads of conspiracy theories and based podcast listening hours telling us “how it is” and I’m just like, I dunno I want to read and bake and talk to my kids and love Jesus, I don’t know what you’re on.

When I think about the whole arch of my 23 years as a mom I feel sad that my youngest (5 yrs old) will never have the same experiences her older brothers did. My younger kids and I are always dodging weirdos and trying not to get entangled in their drama (which is really impossible).

I’ve recently concluded that the lifeboat of homeschooling and trad church communities has simply become swamped and unnavigable for people wanting to live a basic, normal life and it’s really sad.

I think it’s going to influence some of the content I post here too. I will still be posting my 1940s home and Southern culture things but my posts about once traditional social spaces may take on a different leaning. I also may start seeking “normal” spaces other places and posting about that.

To be clear, by normal space I simply mean a space not dominated by people with mental health struggles and borderline personality disorders who are constantly offended and hostile to those who don’t think EXACTLY like them. Does that even exist anymore?

[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

@shebringsjoy I’m EXACTLY there with you!

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@Dougalltrades True.

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I wish there were good TV shows that came on a certain time, on a certain day and we would all watch them and then talk about them. I miss that.

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@acottagemouse I like your optimism and I think you’re right!

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@feckingm Right!? 🤣 I know it was confusing for folks.

[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

⚠️ Account announcement!

I’ve changed my handle from “AppyOrtho” to “AppyObliged”

“Much obliged” is how my great granddaddy always said “thank you.” If you want a longer explanation as to why you can read the post below ⬇️

[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

Those who homeschooled and belonged to a traditional church before 2020, have you seen the same huge changes to your spaces as I have? So many new people have flooded into these two groups but so often seem to do it not out of love for the space but out of hate for what’s outside. This drastically changes the character of the space particularly in an egotistical way. They come in wearing their pride on their sleeve with arm loads of conspiracy theories and based podcast listening hours telling us “how it is” and I’m just like, I dunno I want to read and bake and talk to my kids and love Jesus, I don’t know what you’re on.

When I think about the whole arch of my 23 years as a mom I feel sad that my youngest (5 yrs old) will never have the same experiences her older brothers did. My younger kids and I are always dodging weirdos and trying not to get entangled in their drama (which is really impossible).

I’ve recently concluded that the lifeboat of homeschooling and trad church communities has simply become swamped and unnavigable for people wanting to live a basic, normal life and it’s really sad.

I think it’s going to influence some of the content I post here too. I will still be posting my 1940s home and Southern culture things but my posts about once traditional social spaces may take on a different leaning. I also may start seeking “normal” spaces other places and posting about that.

To be clear, by normal space I simply mean a space not dominated by people with mental health struggles and borderline personality disorders who are constantly offended and hostile to those who don’t think EXACTLY like them. Does that even exist anymore?

[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

@Dougalltrades Or who killed Laura Palmer!

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@fisharmor126706 🤣🤣

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@AppWoodHome Oh that’s Catholic school story is sad 😔

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@meadowrespecter Thank you

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It seems appropriate that we lose Wendell Berry on the feast of St. Giles. Like Berry, St. Giles also withdrew deep into the forest where in the greatest solitude he spent many years. St. Gile’s sole companion however was his beloved deer whereas Berry had the farm animals, his adored wife and his constant companion, pen and paper.

The King in St. Gile’s time held the hermit in high esteem for his humility in rejecting all honors except having some disciples. I think many who knew Berry’s work would call themselves disciples. The King built St. Giles a monastery in his valley, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard.

Berry built his own monastery of sorts in the hills of Kentucky. And so on the feast day of the patron Saint of forests and hermits we say good bye to a modern day saint of the south. May his memory be eternal. 😢

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@bluebonnet81105 I love that

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A lot of Americans are rootless and some of them resent the South for still having proud roots. It’s the same reason people hate the pretty girl, it’s jealousy.

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@OldHollowTree Yes! 😊

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Exactly two months and counting!

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@SnappyColleen Yes 😢

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@M67690Marcy Yes I think I had a similar journey

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@Retradworld What!? No. Read the statement.

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@genuinenicholas Which jurisdiction are you in? I’m wondering if certain jurisdictions attract certain people.

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Notes on this great video by Word on Fire.

To love is to will the good of the other, not a feeling of the heart. Empathy is not love. Empathy means not to hurt the feelings of the other. Sometimes to love, you are going to hurt someone’s feelings.
https://t.co/Jch3mzg6dd

[Southern Chestnut 🇺🇸 @appyobliged]

@GenTexMom Ice skating at the mall! Yes! Exactly.

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@Jleerockwell Ya unfortunately the Clancy and celebrity stuff is in all the “trad” spaces I navigate too

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@AaFarmerAa Oh that’s disappointing to hear