Folkish Appalachia

Two springs ago I took a maul to the giant vines suffocating this giant pine in my backyard. That summer our yard was covered in pinecones which hadn’t fallen before. This spring I had my brother come over with a chainsaw and we lopped as many more off as we could and trimmed old pappy up. At the solstice I was inspired to give him a face. I asked him to watch over us and continue to provide us with shade and pinecones my children love to play with. Get comfy with your landwights Folk.

A hundred pages with a hundred similar messages. Eat the flavor you like best. Move within 30 minutes of people you like in a place you can afford. Move closer. Have you not figured out yet we aren’t beating this by ourselves? Team up. TRIBE up. You don’t have to go back thousands of years to see how people made it out of tough spots. Appalachia has some of the cheapest housing in the country. If you wanna go play with big foot up in PNW we salute y’all, but we will be down here in Appalachistan outlasting yet another catastrophic event… :ᚢ:

Some say in the Pacific North West is where our people belong… We say they belong in APPALACHIA

Wotan Erwache from Ohio Submit your activities to: [email protected]

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