#Appalachian Wines

[naivesilver]

AND FOR THE LAST ONE In this case you can pick whichever you wish but perhaps could I interest you in picking any of my beans interacting with any of your beans? 👀👀 IF YOU'D RATHER NOT THEN!!!! no.10 or no.15 for Wick with Nova/Leroy? :) Okay i'm done being a menace to your ask box MWAH 💕 TALK TO YOU SOOOOON!!

You know at the beginning I was planning for something entirely different but then inspiration STRUCK so we're here now 🥰🥰🥰 hope you enjoy

Pregnancy and baby prompts

18. Being unable to stop caressing the baby because "it's so soft!"

(ish, I just wanted an excuse adglfhlashk)

The house is silent and slumbering when Zvezda comes, all the lights smothered except for the fire in the hearth.

She is glad for it, though she hardly feels the need to conceal herself when out on a mission, especially one as pleasant as this. No, it’s only because it makes her job a little easier, a little quicker, and darkness holds no power over her, the faint glow of her hair accompanying her as she traverses the cramped rooms looking for her target.

The man in the bed is deeply asleep once Zvezda finds it, worn out with all the exhaustion of a new father - she smiles at the sight, but turns away quickly, her eyes drawn to the small bassinet in the corner. Only then does the fairy’s smile reach its peak, and she bends down to look at the child inside, careful not to disturb anyone’s rest.

The girl must be a few weeks old already, or have skipped that endearingly wrinkly phase most newborns seem to have - her cheeks are silken-smooth, her head full of dark, feathery hair, and even in sleep she holds tightly fisted tiny hands up to her head, looking as though she were dreaming of a matter of the utmost importance. Every so often, she twitches in her slumber, her face briefly knitting into a frown before it relaxes again and her breath evens out.

She’s wonderful. She must be thriving, despite being given to an unwed man who never raised a child before, and that pleases Zvezda greatly. “Hello there, devochka,” she whispers, brushing a gentle finger on the impossibly small head of the fairy-born babe.

She and Reul Ghorm don’t always see eye to eye, but that’s no fault of this girl, and besides, not many children need fairy godmothers the way this one will, unplanned and ill-fated, with such powerful and inclement blood coursing through her veins. She will require a watchful eye and kind hands, if she is to grow into the inheritance the Blue Fairy might have left her, and Zvezda wagers she can provide both of those, in a pinch.

“May you light the way for all you meet, little one,” she continues, still smiling. “It’s in your blood, and I will be there to help you. You are your father’s sun, but your mother named you Grad Rùnag, her sweet surprise; I understand now, why she did.”

She bends to press a kiss to the girl’s forehead, then, the last few words a quiet prayer that would be barely audible even if there were anyone around capable of hearing them. “Let us make sure she never forgets it either, hm?”

She straightens up at that, casting the room one last, longing glance; and not a moment after, she vanishes, leaving little Eliana squirming in her swaddle, comforting warmth rolling down her head and pooling around her tiny body like a motherly embrace.

[masonthing]

is this the average teen life or wha…

[midnightmindcave]

People been trying to tell me about Chris Stapleton for years and I listened to Tennessee Whisky a couple of times and was like, yeah, Stapleton, I heard his song once he’s alright.

But holy shit y’all. I’m up way too early on a Sunday and now I’m crying over Blue Side of the Mountain and I ain’t let myself get this homesick in years.

Fuck you Chris Stapleton, i can’t learn guitar right now I’m 48 years old with dyshidrotic eczema in my hands and a kid still at home and I’m a practicing librarian like just lay off dude.

I mean, I could just stop this playlist but, um, no I think I won’t do that lol

[kinkykinard]

Fire came out with a restless soul That only got worse as he got older 'Til finally he got too hot to tame Time said 'son, I know it's hard but You're breaking your momma's heart' And fire looked up through tears that made the rain He said 'why is it everything I love I set aflame?'

[dorkydiaz]

Buck + Appalachian Wine by Eleventyseven -> requested by @firemedicdiaz

[auspicioustidings]

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[humansofnewyork]

“I was walking down Broadway with my friend from China. Everyone kept waving at me, and saying: ‘Hi John, Hi John.’ And my friend said: ‘Wow. Everyone knows you!’ I said: ‘C’mon. That’s an exaggeration.’ Right then the door to the Imperial Theatre opened up, and it was an actor friend. He gave me the biggest hug. I said: ‘OK, maybe it’s not an exaggeration.’ Everyone does know me. I’ve been dancing for almost seventy years. It didn’t run in my family. My father was a subway motorman. But when I was sixteen I signed up for lessons with a famous Russian ballet dancer. She was a little lady; told me that I danced like a lobster. Not exactly encouraging, but when I came down the stairs after my first lesson, Eartha Kitt was waiting in the lobby. Not that she was waiting for me; it was for someone else. But I saw it as a sign. I thought: ‘I’m on my way.’ A few months later I made my debut dancing to bagpipes at the Scottish Highland Festival. Then after that I got a gig at the Wine and Cheese Festival. And I never stopped. I wasn’t good enough to do it full time. I had to work as a Spanish teacher for thirty-three years. I was competent; my kids did well on the tests. But I wouldn’t say I was beloved. And when your name is Mr. Bate, the kids are going to call you Masturbate. It’s unavoidable. But each day when that 2:42 bell rang after eighth period; I got on a train and headed to my second life. I’ve danced it all. I was a flamenco dancer. I learned Afro-Haitian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian. I danced in the Sambadrome during Carnival. I danced with an Appalachian clogging company. I’ve danced in every major theater on Broadway. My specialty was screwing up the choreography. I’ve actually heard audience members say: ‘Oh no, not him again.’ But I always figured out a way to work. I’ve played every kind of character role. I’ve played Von Rothbart, the evil magician. I’ve played Nutcracker. But the role I loved best was Handsome Haldor. He was a total flop. But in his mind,  he was the most magnificent man in the entire kingdom.”

[lollytea]

@unniebeans tagged me in this thing and it seems fun. Love dropping random song titles

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.

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One of Us - Heather Dale

LGBT - Cupcakke

Letters from the Atlantic - The Arcadian Wild

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Appalachian Wine - eleventyseven

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[csny]

Alaska: Igloo, Kodiak bear, Iditarod sled dog race, Denali

Hawaii: pearl harbor, pineapple

washington: Space Needle, apple, mt st helens, rainier national park

oregon: roses, lighthouse, crater lake, oregon trail, hiking

california: redwood tree, white water rafting, gold, golden gate bridge, silicon valley, yosemite national park, wine country, sierra nevada mountains, hollywood, joshua tree

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idaho: gemstones, potatoes

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new mexico: pueblo, yucca plant, carlsbad caverns

colorado: rocky mountain national park, columbine flower, elk

north dakota: oil, wind energy

south dakota: crazy horse memorial, the badlands, mount rushmore

nebraska: chimney rock, bald eagle, train

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missouri; Hog, gateway arch

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michigan: copper, iron ore, automobile manufacturing, motown

indiana: Car

ohio: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, tires

pennsylvania: street mill, liberty bell

new jersey: constitution

maryland: blue crab

virginia: mount vernon

north carolina: wright brothers national memorial, tobacco farm, great smoky mountains national park, appalachian mountains

south carolina: fort sumter

georgia: peanuts, peach

florida: oranges, kennedy space center, alligator, everglades national park

alabama: cotton, civil rights movement

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vermont: maple syrup

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And don’t make me repeat it!!!!!!!

[naivesilver]

oh lei oh lai oh lord

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos Lampwick by @lizardthelizard Beth by @solar-nightengale Eliana by me

[masonthing]

the dream

[everettemontgomery]

Everette Montgomery

Nicknames - Monty

Nationalty - American

Race- African American/White

Ethinicity- Finnish/Irish/Nigerian

Pronouns/Identity - They/them. Cupioromantic, Asexual, Nonbinary

Zodiac - Scorpio

Mbti- ISFP

Patronus - Horse

Wand - 13.75 inch oak, phoenix feather

Likes - The Library, The Lake, Quiet classrooms, Hockey, Quidditch, Myrtles bathroom

Dislikes - Cassandra.. Gnomes, Herbology, DADA, MACUSA, The Ministry

Good at - CoMC, Muggle Studies, HoM, SoAR

Poor at- DADA, Divination, Duels

Boggart - Coyotes

Weakness - Intensely sensitive

Growing up in the Appalachian region of the states, Everette always knew they were different than their family. They never quite seemed to fit in. They didnt know why, of course. How could a little kid know why their cousins didnt want to play with them, or why theyd exchange a glance and giggle when Everette talked about something they liked. They tried to fit in, they really did. They wanted to. Theyd pretend to understand the things their family liked but they could just never wuite get into it. Rather than watch scary movies and sleep on the floor of their nanas basement, they wouldve liked to watch movies based on books they liked. Or even just talk about the books they liked without being cut off.

School was better. Everette had friends they could talk to for once, people that wouldnt shut them out or shun them. Sure people still picked on them but that was nothing new. Home.. wasnt so good though. Everettes parents werent bad parents, dont be mistaken. But that doesnt mean they were deserving of any sort of reward. They did the best with what they had really. Everettes older brother was an oops baby, and they got married. Everettes themself was an oops baby too, somehow even more so than their brother. They were too little to understand why mommy was screaming at daddy, or why daddy wouldnt read them a story some nights. They didnt understand why daddy was sleeping on the couch when they got up for school in the morning or why mommy stopped coming to church with them. Their brother did his best to shield them from the worst of it, but he could only do so much. Eventually Everette would start finding mommys wine.

Everette had at least one person in the family they felt normal around, besides their brother. And that was their uncle. He didnt come around often, only Christmas, Thanksgiving, the occasional easter. But Everette was always excited to see him. And everytime he had a new little trinket for Everette. Everyone bit Everette seemed to know why the card shuffled by themself and why the character on the card they had would sometimes disappear. But no one would tell Everette. They remember their uncle trying to, once or twice. But their mother always stopped him. And then it was another fight..

The first time their Uncle came around for a birthday was their 11th. Wizards dont typically get their letters on their birthdays, but their uncle pulled a few strings to give Everette their early. The only people excited were Everette and their Uncle. Their dad looked.. sad? It wasnt an expression that Everette recognized. Their mother looked angry. Which Everette immediately knew. It wasnt until they were 11 that they were told their uncle worked for MACUSA, and Ministrys American organization. And it wasnt until Everette was 11 that they were told they were also a wizard.

It was a hard few weeks after that. Everette doesnt remember most of it. But they do remember the relief on their brothers face when they were told Everette was going to live with their uncle from then on. Everette was not so relieved. They didnt want to leave their brother, why would they ever want that? They were assured theyd get to come back for summer and Christmas, but their brother was already sixteen by then. Hed be off before long. But their brother knew it was best. He knew Everette didnt need to be around for the oncoming divorce. The one that was years in the making. Years coming.

It was hard to get adjusted to Scotland. A whole new country, that Everette felt distinctly out lf place in. They didnt look like anyone sround them, or at least not many people around them and it was hard to understand the new accents. Their uncle was a help of course. Teaching them the new vocabulary and how to understand the people around them.

He seemed the most excited. Everette was told that for years he was the only wizard in their family. Not since some distant guy Everette couldn't remember the name of. He was glad to finally be able to share this with someone. Everette was glad to finally feel normal. To finally not be the black sheep.

And soon enough, their uncle was walking them to the train platform. And the look of confusion on the poor things face ehen they were instructed to walk through a pillar. It was a shock, for sure. To talk through brick to see hundreds of students just like them, and a big red train.

A kiss on the head, and the securing of robes. The securing of hair and one final hug, they got on the train.

And they sat beside a girl who looked just like them.

[rederiswrites]

So two weekends ago my uncle, my mother's brother, ended up in the hospital. It all came out pretty much the same as it was in the first place, which is--he's degenerating pretty badly. But it did lead to my aunt calling us to update us on that. We don't talk a lot. My uncle always has been the kinda guy you brace your friends for before he shows up. That Uncle, you know. So we were never close. But all that aside, he's family. And none of us here have a lot of that.

Last week, you may recall, I was still bedbound from all the slowly bleeding to death or whatever, though we did manage to fix the most immediate problem. So I resolved we'd get down (5 hours away) to see them as soon as possible, but didn't know when that would be.

Then on Friday I felt totally okay suddenly! So all in a rush I made arrangements with my aunt and with a dear friend who lives in the area and at like, four in the afternoon informed the kids that we'd be leaving that evening to go see relatives they barely remembered. Which is the sort of parental move you have to have built up some trust to pull off, lemme tell you. They were not thrilled. But they sucked it up and packed and helped get the animals set for the weekend, so props to them. MAD props also to our friend--had I realized that her plan for putting us up was to create an entire room out of hangings and blankets in her under-construction basement, I might not have agreed to impose! (It was so cool, man. There were string lights. It was like sleeping in a blanket fort.)

I didn't expect the visit with my aunt and uncle to be exactly pleasant, and it was pretty draining, but tbh it went as well as could have been hoped. They live in a very rural area in the mountains, near where I grew up. I love my home on the flat *near* mountains, but sometimes I get a little thirsty for actually being IN the mountains, so that part was really lovely, and I said, "OMG isn't it gorgeous here!" like every two minutes and I'mm'a guess the family got a little tired of it.

The county they live in is a pretty wild place-- I called it "Southern Vermont" at one point--populated by a fascinating combination of Appalachian hillbillies and forty year's accumulation of hippies trying to make communes last. Rabidly anti-development on both sides. So we had lunch at the sort of place that puts quinoa on their Greek salad, and there was a health food store downstairs. In the gas station there was a dad with a heavy-duty mullet and his filthy, barefoot son, and then next to the bathrooms a poster for a music and arts festival. Sure.

Then we went to a local winery and had desserts and the wine tasting and tour. @phantomtheraccoon was doing quite poorly between inner ear problems and mountains, but we made it through and got my uncle settled back at the nursing home. Good memories to hold onto.

The rest of the weekend was just a wonderful low-key hang out with our friends. Really relaxing and rejuvenating. Went to a pub and listened to live Irish music, laughed at YouTube videos, stayed up late.

Blanket fort.

[kinkykinard]

Thank you to @novemberhush for the tag! 💖💖

The rules of the game are to write one song for every letter in your URL, and then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL.

Fireflies - Binky I'll Get the Coffee - Kathryn Gallagher Raw Sugar - Metric Empire - Beth Crowley Mountain - Sam Ryder Everybody Breaks a Glass - Lights Domino - Jessie J If There's a Rocket Tie Me to it - Snow Patrol Carnival Hearts - Kayla Diamond Don't Stop Me Now - Queen I Feel it in the Wind - Smith & Thell Appalachian Wine - eleventyseven Zombie - The Cranberries

Tagging: @fireladybuckley @nurse-buckley @godlightbuckley @mistmarauder @queerbuckleys @monsterrae1 @rogerzsteven @castiels-sunflowers @wh0re-behavi0r @honestlydarkprincess @princessfbi @eddiediaaz @fleurdebeton

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

I just saw your gorgeous TAD edit with the landscape paintings! Could I suggest for an edit “The Kids Aren’t All Right” by Fallout Boy, “Saturn” by Sleeping at Last, and/or “Appalachian Wine” by eleventyseven? Thank you!

hello my dear!

thank you so much for your super sweet words!! 🥰🥰 I'm honestly really proud of that TAD edit, so I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it 💕💕

I've finished an edit for "the kids aren't alright" which is now available here! that's actually one of my most listened to songs since I had it on repeat for like a whole week straight one time during my master's program 😅 but I really hope you like what I've come up with for it!! 💖💖

I've also made a note of the other wonderful songs you've suggested, and I will be sure to tag you (and update this post with links) when I've posted those 🥰☺️

thank you so much again for these fantastic suggestions, and I wish you an absolutely lovely day!! 💕🥰💕🥰

[ruby-babayan]

[ Angela Sarafyan, cis w, she/her ] — whoa! RUBY BABAYAN just stole my cab! not cool, but maybe they needed it more. they have lived in the city for 20 YEARS, working as a CAFE OWNER. that can’t be easy, especially at only 40 YEARS OLD. some people say they can be a little bit PRIVATE and STRESSED, but I know them to be COMPASSIONATE and COMMITTED. whatever. I guess I’ll catch the next cab. hope they like the ride back to STATEN ISLAND! — (Andy, 43, EST, they/he)

BASICS

full name: Ruby Jean Babayan (formerly Calloway)

pronouns: she / her

sexual orientation: straight

relationship status: divorced

occupation: owner of The Snug Mug

BIOGRAPHY

tw: affair

Born in Kentucky to the working poor, Ruby strove to make it out of her home town. To be something more. Academics and extracurricular activities were gold for college applications, as was building her own car piece by piece. The truck was eventually what got Ruby and her sweetheart to NYC, where he promised that he'd work to pay her way through college if she did so for him first.

Six years of full time work and part time school, barely seeing one another, but he finally landed a Bachelor's degree. They celebrated with a courthouse wedding nobody they knew attended. Ruby was managing The Snug Mug by then, while Brandon started his way up the corporate ladder. She didn't feel the drive for higher learning by the time her 30th birthday approached, but hoped to start a family, instead. Something Brandon delayed by suggesting Ruby make an offer to buy the cafe from the retiring owner. He was confident they could get it between his job and her in with the owner.

After the deal closed, Brandon lingered another month before confessing that the cafe was his apology to Ruby. He had fallen in love with a younger woman at his office, and they were running away together to chase her Hollywood dreams.

Minus one husband and one big source of income, and plus a lot more responsibilities, Ruby focused on the cafe. She moved into a unit above the cafe, and rarely needs to leave the island, but loves the ferry ride and will find excuses to get into the city proper regularly.

TRIVIA

The cafe was recently adopted by an orange tomcat the staff has taken to calling Shortcake. He's a friendly tomcat who really loves appearing to beg or steal food.

Still has that Appalachian accent, as well as the old truck that got her to NYC. Absolutely believes in a lot of Appalachian cryptid, folktales, and the wisdom of the holler.

Loves sci-fi, scary stories and historical romance. More than one bodice-ripper hides in her apartment.

Not a drinker, you're lucky to spot Ruby doing more than sipping at a wine now and again. (Grow up in the bourbon capital of the world and you might get sick if alcohol, too)

Some folk have been known to call Ruby a reckless driver. She would argue she's a perfectly good driver - if this were Kentucky. She's yet to have a single accident or ticket, which is just further proof in her book.

Noodles on an old folk guitar, but is by no means a pro.

more soon!

POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS

Neighbors - Fellow Staten Island residents! This could be friendly, neutral or antagonistic.

Other Foodies - Ruby loves baking and any form of hearty food/meals. While she appreciates the precision of high-end food, Ruby swears by comfort food. She loves a farmer's market and swapping recipes.

Cafe Regulars - Be it for just the one morning a week, whenever your seasonal favorite hits the menu again, or something more frequent. Maybe you just like the atmosphere and basic black coffee.

People to fuss over - Ruby is a mother with no child, so much of her mothering ends up aimed at friends and employees. Do you enjoy or resent it?