This is thread 2 of updates and resources for Hurricane #Helenebsky.app/profile/lind...

Accurate.

The problem with media coverage in a nutshell: Trump called for “one really violent day” from police, calls Harris “mentally impaired,” claims that if he loses the country will be destroyed, and makes dozens of other malicious and dishonest statement. Yet Nate Cohn calls it a “calm week.”

There were places where I walked under a canopy streaked with saffron and orange, though most of it was green. The world smelled of earth and honey and petrichor, as earth ought to smell in Autumn. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

A Little More Serendipity

I am learning to be happy here. I just need a little more serendipity, and life will be fine.

Our infrastructure tends to be decades behind the rest of the country. It’s hard to get back up and running when you didn’t have much to begin with. This crisis is going to be felt for a very, very long time. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

A Word on the Catastrophic Flooding in Appalachia

I'm grateful that I'm seeing less than the usual number of social media posts from smug armchair liberals from wealthier parts of the country, who think it serves Appalachia right because we're Trump ...

Northern Appalachians don’t call it “venison,” which is fancy fare for rich people to eat in restaurants. They call it “deer meat,” which is sustenance. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

An Adventure in Appalachian Cooking

The honest-as-sod Northern Appalachians don't call it "venison." They call it "deer meat," which is sustenance.

Very sorry to be a pest with the tip jar so often on my tiny social media places where I don't post as much as Xitter. But at this rate, we'll have about HALF of what we need to replace the car Friday... www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

Blogkeeping Notes for September

This is my periodic blogkeeping post where I talk about things I did lately.  And I'm a little late for the beginning of September.

I told them it might be time to harvest potatoes. Oh, they were excited for the potatoes. “Where are they?” “Under the soil! Under those dead plants. Potatoes are actually roots. Hold on, I’ll get a bowl.” www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

Asters and Goldenrod

In with the asters are bright shocks of yellow which look like goldenrod but are really ragweed. I know that ragweed is a suffering for many, but I like [...]

I don't know why I bother to try and grow potatoes with such measly results. Wait, yes I do. It's because neighborhood kids find it really fun to dig through a pot of dirt to try and find a tiny nugget of food to take home.