buildsoil

Building soil, building resilience in Appalachia and the southeastern US. geologist/hydrogeologist. ex-economic developer

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Wooo hoooo! The official announcement and press release! https://t.co/cCSXJ9xwIQ

[Saganism @Saganismm]

When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.

Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous, not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together for twenty years.

That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful. . . . The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday.

I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.

- Ann Druyan

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grateful to @makemymove for their support in my transition from renter to homeowner 🥰https://t.co/2QOjYR8fVM

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@TornadoNate awww, damn I’m so sorry. I had to go toe to toe with my insurance company, but ultimately won and were paid fully. I learned a lot. Everything may be fine, but if I can be of any help, just let me know.

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@TornadoNate Just don’t build your well downhill from your privy! True story from my days as a hydrogeologist. Family called me out claiming that their new well was making them sick, but the culprit was their 💩- privy uphill of the well 🤨

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Ky legislature moving to be only state in nation remove groundwater protections - groundwater protections I helped develop in the 1990's in my first job as a brand new Hydrogeologist for Ky Division of Water. https://t.co/7Y3ZNqN5MC

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12 years into launching https://t.co/z8nJdXohA4 the A TEAM emerges! Brilliant, collaborative, organized, proactive and..FUN! Ok, so our recent $20M award to fund farmers to adopt regenerative ag likely helped 😅 Farmer applications open #persist #regenerativeag

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Im also on Bluesky 🦋 at esaraday! Truly between two ferns lol. Let me know yours if you’re there. Cheers!

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@JimMcWilliams5 Get in touch with these folks - they do alot of this type of restoration. Their first project, thanks to my dad, was the Midway elementary school, which is now apartments and Ouita has her bakery there. https://t.co/MuRtIEMfh9

[Billy Ball @Billy_K_Ball]

One thing that's been reaffirmed to me during this #Helene disaster in #NorthCarolina:

We have a lot of crises in the U.S., but few are as significant as the information crisis. People are lying to us to make us hate each other, to get our money, to boost some cause or another.

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@RizomaSchool Indeed. Always good conversation

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Porch sitting in Henry County - my son with his great uncle, WB my beloved mom and Tanya B ♥️

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The outlaw uncle hit 90 glorious years today. Love you Wendell 🌞

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A gift from my gifted daughter! 💚 Her process is experimental, using a compression process forming the porcelain clay designs (not painted) #ameliaruthbaxter

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@RizomaSchool Wierdo fo sho - but I think most people are a coat of many colors that have been squished into dumbed down demographic definitions!

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Goodbye beloved Uncle Hugh - you were a peace warrior for the ages. Quit the ministry to walk a truly brave path in war-torn countries rebuilding what our country destroyed. A true servant of the people, a true Quaker. Grieving your exit my dear one & only uncle, I 🤍 you 🕊️💔☮️

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@TornadoNate Here in the south it pairs well with “might could”. “Reckon I might could” = yes if the price is right (for a stranger). For a friend = yes, but it might take awhile. For family = be right over.

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@brightabyss The two friends that inspire my work, Building Soil, Building Soul at Accelerating Appalachia 🤎♥️ #restinpowerbellhooks #kentuckians

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@MacgregorFarm @DoomerOptimism @RizomaSchool Nope, our program Accelerating Appalachia is offering these incentives to production farmers, direct-to-consumer farmers. Our application for first round of farms open until Dec 1. More info application here https://t.co/SsQLvEq1Sl

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X is so bothered I dumped him that he’s sending emails begging me to come back. Here’s great news to share - our farmer application is open with meaty incentives for #regenerativeag. Direct to consumer & production farmers in food, fiber, forest products https://t.co/SsQLvEq1Sl