chelyendavis.bsky.social
@chelyen.bsky.social
Appalachian, writer, fiddler, cat lady.
This is irrelevant, but seeing you on my feed reminds me that I really loved Sockington and his Twitter account. Thank you for that all those years ago.
June 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is irrelevant, but seeing you on my feed reminds me that I really loved Sockington and his Twitter account. Thank you for that all those years ago.
Back in college I took a class called Popular Literature, where we read a romance and noir and King and other "popular" fiction, and talked about how in their day, Dickens and Austen etc were "popular" fiction, and how our perceptions of what constitutes big-L Literature evolve.
May 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Back in college I took a class called Popular Literature, where we read a romance and noir and King and other "popular" fiction, and talked about how in their day, Dickens and Austen etc were "popular" fiction, and how our perceptions of what constitutes big-L Literature evolve.
I think I first came to your social media posts through someone else's post about "Starter Villain." As a cat lady, the cover and plot intrigued me (and I enjoyed the book!).
May 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I think I first came to your social media posts through someone else's post about "Starter Villain." As a cat lady, the cover and plot intrigued me (and I enjoyed the book!).
They are the REASON I know who she is.
April 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
They are the REASON I know who she is.
My mom referred to me and my sister (we're both in our 40s) as "adult children" and it felt like both words were equally true.
January 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My mom referred to me and my sister (we're both in our 40s) as "adult children" and it felt like both words were equally true.
I moved to wool balls after my cat started eating used dryer sheets. I got tired of finding soggy bundles of barfed-up dryer sheets. (The cat is fine, but he consistently fails to learn lessons about what is and is not a thing he should eat.)
November 28, 2024 at 1:42 AM
I moved to wool balls after my cat started eating used dryer sheets. I got tired of finding soggy bundles of barfed-up dryer sheets. (The cat is fine, but he consistently fails to learn lessons about what is and is not a thing he should eat.)
Agreed. (As a side note, I used to work with Steve Watkins' wife Janet at the Free Lance-Star.)
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Agreed. (As a side note, I used to work with Steve Watkins' wife Janet at the Free Lance-Star.)
Agreed. (As a side note, I used to work with Steve Watkins' wife Janet at the Free Lance-Star.)
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Agreed. (As a side note, I used to work with Steve Watkins' wife Janet at the Free Lance-Star.)
Nope! Even though we were in the coalfields. I learned about the Mine Wars in high school English when my teacher assigned us Denise Giardina's "Storming Heaven."
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Nope! Even though we were in the coalfields. I learned about the Mine Wars in high school English when my teacher assigned us Denise Giardina's "Storming Heaven."
Nope! Even though we were in the coalfields. I learned about the Mine Wars in high school English when my teacher assigned us Denise Giardina's "Storming Heaven."
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Nope! Even though we were in the coalfields. I learned about the Mine Wars in high school English when my teacher assigned us Denise Giardina's "Storming Heaven."
Expat from Southwest Virginia here
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Expat from Southwest Virginia here
Expat from Southwest Virginia here
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Expat from Southwest Virginia here
No ethanol, no mercy!
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
No ethanol, no mercy!
No ethanol, no mercy!
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
No ethanol, no mercy!
Just in case you don't know, it's also a book! A very funny one.
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Just in case you don't know, it's also a book! A very funny one.
Just in case you don't know, it's also a book! A very funny one.
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Just in case you don't know, it's also a book! A very funny one.
I bought them a witch hat. It was not well received. They tore off the chin strap and threw up a hairball on it.
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I bought them a witch hat. It was not well received. They tore off the chin strap and threw up a hairball on it.
My Appalachian accent definitely gets stronger whenever I go home or talk to my mom on the phone. But I wish it didn't weaken in the first place. It's a marker of an identity that I love.
November 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
My Appalachian accent definitely gets stronger whenever I go home or talk to my mom on the phone. But I wish it didn't weaken in the first place. It's a marker of an identity that I love.