Photoist♾️Feb 3, 2023
View from #MillMountain in Roanoke. The #StormClouds were gathering and made a phenomenal sky.
#Roanoke #SWVirginia #Clouds #InfraredPhotography #Photography
Photoist♾️Dec 26, 2022
Sunrise in #Appalachia
#SWVirginia #Photography
Photoist♾️Dec 15, 2022

Roanoke Star

#Roanoke
#swvirginia
#millmountain
#BigLick
#photography

Show threadBob StepnoDec 10, 2022
@Charlobo @tjapple Thanks, I forgot to mention "pinning"! Probably should emphasize that you can use hashtags in any post about anything, which helps spread linkage around. I was surprised after a few days to have more people following me than I had followed. I suspect it is the #ukuleles and #banjos more than the #Newspapers, #OldTimeRadio and #Appalachian #swVirginia :-)
Bob StepnoDec 4, 2022
It's a little over 200 miles from where I am in #swVirginia to #Asheville, N.C., so I'm not likely to get to regular country #dances there (#ContraDance or square), but I do find it encouraging that the dance calendar is looking downright post-pandemic ...
https://oldfarmersball.com/
Old Farmer's Ball | Asheville NC Regional Folk Dances. We cultivate traditional folk and social dance in our community.

Show threadBob StepnoDec 2, 2022
@shaunsindelman @davew @considerjeoffry Yep. Dogwood is part of https://couriernewsroom.com/ attempt at a progressive-on-purpose online news chain from https://goodinfo.us/info/#good
More power to them, but they don't get down to #swVirginia much, while "unchained" https://cardinalnews.org is grassroots locally staffed and funded and https://virginiamercury.com has better state government & issue coverage.
COURIER

COURIER
Show threadBob StepnoDec 2, 2022
@davew It'd be economical if I lived in metro NY or northeast #Virginia where NYT & WashPost might cover my local news as well as the world. So I help support them, two online oases at the edge of my #Appalachian local-media desert -- https://cardinalnews.org and https://virginiamercury.com -- plus two chain-owned, understaffed local #swVirginia newspapers, https://roanoke.com and https://radfordnewsjournal.com
And, for its support of #folkmusic, the https://www.oldtimeherald.org
H/T @considerjeoffry
Cardinal News

Cardinal News provides in-depth journalism about the politics, economy and culture of Southwest and Southside Virginia.

Cardinal News
Bob StepnoNov 26, 2022
My "goodnight mastodon" sunset for Nov.25... Radford, Va.
#ColorPhotography
#PhoneCamera
#nofilters
#swVirginia
#Photography
Show threadBob StepnoNov 22, 2022

@rik @palafo @JaneRLaForge

Theory:
To find "local" folks, newsies or others, put local search words in your profile as hashtags, write an intro post with local words, and maybe have your first post each day name a local publication, like #CardinalNews or #RoanokeTimes or
#FloydPress

I'm in #Virginia, #swVirginia #Blue Ridge #NewRiverValley
& concerned about local news coverage

My neighbors in #RadfordCity #Blacksburg and #FloydCounty use Facebook a lot. I would love to see them here

Photoist♾️Nov 22, 2022
Mason Creek in infrared
#infraredphotography #swvirginia #photography #landscape