An #Appalachian saying...

What we give doesn't always return, but what we give is always what we are.

#quotes #quoteoftheday #Appalachia #quoteposts

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day through this crochet pattern: Celtic Weave, Pot o' Gold. 🍀🧶

Caron Cake in Rainbow Sprinkles.

Pattern: https://leftinknots.com/home/crochet-lucky-celtic-infinity-scarf/

#StPatricksDay #Crochet #FiberArts #Handmade #PotOfGold #Crafts #Yarn #YarnArts #handmade #tradition #rainbow #appalachia

Downtown Knoxville was buzzing last Saturday night when A.J. Croce brought the timeless music of his father, Jim Croce, to the Tennessee Theatre.

Read the full concert review on Appalachia Today 👇
https://buff.ly/ogNq6gW

#LiveMusic #Knoxville #ConcertReview #Appalachia

Book Review: <i>Queer Communion</i>

Davis Shoulders, ed., Queer Communion: religion in Appalachia . Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781985902961.  Gen...

The start of #downsizing has begun.

I wish I could go back to my younger self and convince her that the tiny beach shack or small rustic old cabin she always dreamt of was enough.

A big #suburban #home was always too much.

Time for me to stop keeping up with the Joneses and back to #Appalachia where I belong.

Hype for the Future 133P: Martin County, Kentucky

Overview Located in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfields, Martin County serves as a rural county within the Appalachian Mountains within the Commonwealth and uses the City of Inez as the county seat. Today, the county population is around 10,700 residents, representing the twenty-fourth least populous county in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the modern day. Historically, however, the coal mining industry of Appalachia had resulted in a significantly larger population artificially relative to the […]

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Hype for the Future 133P: Martin County, Kentucky

Overview Located in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfields, Martin County serves as a rural county within the Appalachian Mountains within the Commonwealth and uses the City of Inez as the county seat. To…

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Hype for the Future 133O: The Country Music Highway

Introduction Within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States Route 23 covers the region from south of Portsmouth, Ohio, to north of the vicinity of Pound, Virginia. Today, the highway route covers a grand total of seven (7) counties in the region of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfields, namely Greenup, Boyd, Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd, Pike, and Letcher. Communities While the United States Route 23 Country Music Highway Museum is situated within the area around Paintsville, Kentucky, […]

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Hype for the Future 133O: The Country Music Highway

Introduction Within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States Route 23 covers the region from south of Portsmouth, Ohio, to north of the vicinity of Pound, Virginia. Today, the highway route cove…

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Hype for the Future 133N: Daniel Boone National Forest

Introduction The Daniel Boone National Forest is situated within the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States of America, most notable for containing the Red River Gorge Geological Area in the northern part of the forest. Today, the entire forest covers a grand total of twenty-one (21) counties and is entirely situated at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, transitioning into the Knobs and Pennyrile regions to the west and increasingly into the vicinity of the Cumberland Mountains to […]

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Hype for the Future 133N: Daniel Boone National Forest

Introduction The Daniel Boone National Forest is situated within the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States of America, most notable for containing the Red River Gorge Geological Area in the…

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