June 2023 – Black and White

ASHEVILLE – A Seattle-based company has purchased The Mountaineer Inn, Asheville’s iconic Tunnel Road motor court, for $6.1 million, with plans to refresh the 1939 motel and adopt it into its outdoor recreation-oriented brand.–Citizen-Times

The Appalachian region and its people have historically been stereotyped by observers, with the basic perceptions of Appalachians painting them as backwards, rural, and anti-progressive. These widespread, limiting views of Appalachia and its people began to develop in the post-Civil War. Those who “discovered” Appalachia found it to be a very strange environment, and depicted its “otherness” in their writing. These depictions have persisted and are still present in common understandings of Appalachia today, with a particular increase of stereotypical imagery during the late 1950s and early 1960s in sitcoms. Common Appalachian stereotypes include those concerning economics, appearance, and the caricature of the “hillbilly.”–Wikipedia

Roaring Gap

August 9, 2020

porch — Sparta Pangea intraplate earthquake, the strongest recorded in North Carolina in 104 years. Clearing the view.

Frank’s Oak

quercus alba — At the edge of the world, he called the fishes and sang with the trees.

23.44°

woods gravel road fog — On this date FSW would remind us winter is coming. Summer solstice 1428 hrs, say goodbye to the light. Days are getting shorter.

sunrise

Charlottesville Woolen Mills, this century home to Willow Tree. Century before, wool kings.

water dog

black dog black hose — I am watering 200+ trees this year. I am hoping the City will allow the adjustment of my utility bill to reflect the fact that much of the water being used does not end up at the sewage plant.

faithful

Month: June 2023

winter is coming

longest day

hillbilly