I’m was an appellate public defender in Kentucky for 35 years. I’m an advocate for civil and human rights, a proud progressive, a loving dad, a doting pawpaw, and a much tolerated spouse. I post about Appalachia, Kentucky and politics.🦋
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Appalachians are treated as outsiders in the north. Being treated like an outsider depends on where you live, the culture it instills and the perspective you’ve come to have about other folks in other places.
#orangefringedorchid #fringed #orchid #flowers #botany #plants #appalachia #nature #photography
Our politics are so corrupted at every level, it's hard to know if they can ever be cleaned up. Great but depressing stuff from @austin-horn.bsky.social www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
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“The Jargon Society was founded as a small press that specialized in publishing eclectic and avant-garde works of poetry, fiction, photography, and Appalachian culture. It was started by poet Jonathan Williams and artist David Ruff in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant in 1951.”
Appalshop @appalshop.bsky.social, in Whitesburg, Kentucky, creates and preserves the culture that makes Appalachia such a unique and special place.
You see a child... Big Business sees a piece of machinery. And I don't know about the rest of America, but we folks in Appalachia ain't sending our younguns back down in The Pit no matter what any Orange King says. EVER.
When they take due process away from one people, they can take it away from ALL people. If you believe this is something that can only happen down the line - you're wrong - it's happened before. It's happened here.
Thank you, former State Representative Chris Harris, for your endorsement! As a former coal miner and legislator who served Martin and Pike counties, Chris knows what it means to fight for working families. Honored to have his support as we work to bring that same dedication to Congress.
When kids are hungry, they can’t learn. When teachers are buying snacks instead of supplies, classrooms suffer. Cutting SNAP hurts Kentucky’s kids and their schools. We need to invest in families, not punish them. #KY06 www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
APPALACHIA – In response to the Trump Administration’s decision to revoke the endangerment finding that led to the regulation of dangerous greenhouse gases, Dana Kuhnline, Programs Director at ReImagine Appalachia, issued the following statement. reimagineappalachia.org/reimagine-ap...
“With climate change predicted to bring more intense rainfall events to Central Appalachia, Southwest Virginia communities are likely to face worsening natural disasters. Resilience hubs are one of the main ways that communities can come together to weather the storm.”
The incredible story of Poet Phillis Wheatley vocal.media/journal/phil... #blackhistory #Philliswheatley #writers #booksky #books #book #poems #poetry #poets #author #authors #coldplay #literary #litature #read #viral #reading #blackauthors #africanamericans #americanpoetry #poem
Excellent up-close look at what immigrants trying to play by the rules are going through right now www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
Barr will be running for Mitch McConnell’s seat in the Senate
I am occasionally asked about the avatar for Proud Appalachian. See the link for details. ⛰️⛰️⛰️
“The Mountain Music School at Mountain Empire Community College is dedicated to preserving the traditional sounds of Southwest Virginia by passing them down to younger generations.”
“Appalachia is no stranger to severe flooding, but the scale of damage from more than 2,000 landslides, forest blowdowns, and crippling road destruction set Helene apart. Nearly a year later, heavy downpours continue to cause flooding in new locations as water adapts to a changed landscape.”
🚨Trump froze over $25 million in federal funds for West Virginia schools 🥶 Now, districts are laying off staff, cutting programs, and scrambling to fill the gap, all while our state’s Attorney General refuses to join the lawsuit to fight it. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/23/t...
A tribute to Ozzy… The children of The Louisville Leopard Percussionists in 2018 playing “Crazy Train”. The xylophones are killer.
Well, who could have guessed? A corollary is probably that these folks are flattered.
The Appalachian Trail’s First Female Solo Hiker Started a Hiking Legacy
These views will never get old. ⛰️ #Appalachia #Asheville #NorthCarolina #NaturePhotography
High-minded friends in blue places already have begun to dump on rural America, where poor folk, children, disabled & retirees stand to lose Medicaid, SNAP, and where we all face the prospect of hospital closures. Would you so easily blame children in war zones for the crimes of their leaders? /1
Although it isn't very patriotic, this tale is one of love overcoming the fist...and I think that America kinda needs that right now. One of my 'golden oldies' - but it is still my favorite after all this time. #Horses #Love #Hope #Appalachia medium.com/@kidether/th...
The Song of My People Resonates. For many who grew up in Appalachia. For many who grew up poor in a rural area in the US. And perhaps beyond.
there's a swath of Cherokee National Forest that's going under the chop soon - and other parts of Appalachia as well. just another way Appalachia always gets screwed.
Sam the rural health advoCATe shares this study of HPV-associated cancers in Appalachia. Table 1: incidence rates were higher in rural than in urban counties (Applachia, rural 15.4 v urban 13.8 / 100K; outside Appalachia, rural 13.9 v urban 12.1). #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Queer Appalachia by RK Fauth www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... #poetry
If you need me, I’ll just be over here daydreaming about the quilts at the Museum of Appalachia
#longhornedbee on red ring #milkweed. #flowers #pollinators #botany #nature #photography #appalachia #southcarolina
Tom Brown, retired engineer from North Carolina, has spent 25 years preserving rare apple varieties once thought lost. He’s tracked down over 1,200 heritage apples across Appalachia, grafting them and sharing cuttings to keep them alive. His work protects biodiversity and saves regional food history
