HeyJaredSpirit Dirt
Appalachia through an animist lens - focusing on ecology, misunderstood plants, and life after a climate disaster
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Spirit Dirt’s Ending (opens the original)
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I finally bought a dumb phone.It’s a black and white e-ink that feels hefty in my hand, like I’m holding a brick rather than the sleek, weightless iPhone I’ve utilized to run my business. This has been a long time coming. I’ve been documenting all the steps I’ve taken towards a more 1990s-style relationship with technology, but tackling my addiction to this tool of convenience feels like the final boss. My new phone can make calls, facilitate some rudimentary texting, and has offline maps. That’
Poison Garden: Poison Ivy (opens the original)
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Poison ivy is an easy plant to dislike. It spreads eagerly and quickly, growing into an impassable wall wherever it decides. Some of our bodies are so averse to this plant that our skin breaks out in painful blisters at the lightest touch. Those of us that have no reaction are not safe from it either - immunity is often short lived.Outdoor enthusiasts often find poison ivy to be one of their first encounters with poison plants. We learn to identify this one before all others for our safety. But
Into the Unknown (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, a construction crew tore down this cute little brick house that I would pass by for my daily walk. It seemed like they appeared out of no where to destroy a home that looked perfectly well-maintained and livable. Maybe it was damaged irrepairably from the Helene flooding, I thought. But it was no where near a river, and the landslides hadn’t touched anything around it. The yard was pristine. I ran through a few other scenarios that would require a razing a house to the ground, b
Signs of Life (opens the original)
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Every year, I take an accidental hiatus from the internet.Things pile up in the real world and I exhaust quickly. Health issues, homeschool curriculums, intricate projects. When I spend more time tending everyday life, I withdraw from this space made up of overstimulating images and hot takes. By the time my life has steadied, I forget all the reasons I want to be on the internet and would rather lay in the grass watching the clouds, or play Magic: The Gathering with my kid, or cuddle my dog.Wit
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