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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 4h

There is a woodpecker that lives above our building and you can catch him coming home like this almost everyday.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Revisiting one of my favorite stories tonight, The Turkey. Anyone ever read that one?

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Put November 14 on the calendar as well, this will be the first meeting of the VFS in nearly 25 years. We are the 4th iteration of the society that was started in 1913 by Edgar Allan Poe Prof of English at UVA Charles Alphonso Smith.

JOIN US!
FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE NEWLY REVIVED:
To VirgINIA
Follere
Society
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NOVEMBER 14, 2026
1-3PM
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE
428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA
Featuring:
Mac Traynham, Willis, VA
"Clawhammer Styles of SW VA"
FREE! JOIN US! LEARN ABOUT OUR PLANS AND GET INVOLVED!!
Dena Jennings, Nasons, VA
"Afro-Virginian Banjo"
WITH other special guests!
https://virginiafolkloresociety.org

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Since its Halloween time & we're digging in the archive again here is a newspaper clip from one of the most prolific witch lore collectors in VA, Alfreda Peel, who gathered ballads & witch lore with her life partner Carolyn Melbard from the 1910s-1950s. These are the instructions to become a witch.

instructions on how to become a witch, they include boiling a black cat until the bones are clean and then throwing them into a stream and seeing which way the bones float.

The woman on the bottom right is the informant for the newspaper clipping. She lived in Christianburg VA. the photos are attached to a lined piece of paper and says Keepers of the Folk Lore at the bottom on the page.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please join us for "An Evening With Nat Turner" Presented by the Virginia Folklore Society, Oct 29, 2026, 7-8:30PM, as Turner descendant Bruce Turner, & Southampton co Clerk of the Circuit Court Rick Francis share their knowledge of the life, legend, & legacy, of Nat Turner. Zoom registration below!

A flyer made with old photos of Nat Turner, and his place of baptism in Southampton county reads:

"The Virginia Folklore Society Presents . . .
An Evening With Nat Turner
October 29, 2026, 7-8:30PM

With Specials Guests . . .
Bruce Turner & Rick Francis"
with a registration link to the Zoom event . . .

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eD3K_NHrTyiXBtwcoblOTQ

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks for all the support of my new one out there! I was working on that thing until the night before it came out…coming down here with a shoofly pie for these early fall, rainy days.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October 2nd is likely the day that Nat Turner was born, happy 226 birthday to one of the most remarkable revolutionaries this country has ever produced. Photo courtesy of UVA special collections.❤️‍🔥

A newspaper clipping of a rendering of Nat Turner from the mid 19 century, c/o UVA library.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I also wrote a detailed introduction & notes for the project that you can read and listen to for free at my website. www . danielbachman . com / thewitnesstree Thanks for checking it out! ❤️‍🔥🌳

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you're in Richmond VA on the 14 of November please consider joining us for the first annual meeting of the Virginia Folklore Society in about 25 years. We have a few special guests and speakers, and will be talking about our goals with an annual journal, online events, and ways to get involved.

The flyer for the VA folklore society annual meeting at the Virginia Museum of HIstory and Culture Nov 14 1-3 PM 2026.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It only took two days for our spinach came up, ready to transplant all the other stuff in the days ahead once the rain stops. A little late this year, but better late than never.

A row of spinach seedlings popping up out of the moist ground

Aldona standing beside one of the low tunnels this one is daikon radish

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reseeding some beds with carrots, beets, parsnips, and radish’s right before the rains. This late summer has been pretty harsh with some of that stuff. Usually if we get some seed in around this time we can overwinter a ton of stuff.

A few packs of carrots against the garden bed

Storm clouds moving in above double top mph rain and the goldenrod

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Finally getting things weeded in the garden from a summer of not paying a lot of attention. The pumpkin patch is doing it’s thing until the frost. Lost some seedlings to high heat, turnips and radishes, especially the daikons are going good. Can’t wait to try some of these local collards and kales.

A sprawling pumpkin and squash garden grows among the dead corn and sunflowers

Bug and groundhog netting to protect radishes and turnips and carrots

Inside one of the tunnels with diakons growing happy

A few trays of our fall starts beefing up in the shade before transplanting at the end of the month

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The documentary film gives a lot of historical and scientific context to the locations I visited while trying to make music with the trees. Everything will be released on Oct 2 through YouTube and Bandcamp, with all the writing and photos for the project on my website for free as well.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m doing my own promotion for The Witness Tree project, if you’d like to check out press materials I’ve put together for it, hmu! This clip features one of the “Tree Amigos” Byron Carmean, celebrated local big tree hunter, speaking about a 1200-1500 year old cypress along the Nottoway River.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cool new pumpkin we are trying this year growing on a dead sunflower stalk. This is a regionally adapted Thai pumpkin from Commonwealth Seed in Louisa. Excited to see how they do.

A small Thai pumpkin hanging from a dead sunflower with a large yellow flower

Zoomed out to see out little pumpkin patch growing in the dead corn from the three sisters garden.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Haven’t had much time for the garden this summer, but still getting some nice stuff everyday.

Tomatoes peppers squash okra basil on our counter.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Getting a cast iron waffle iron has really been one of the best descisions I’ve made in years.

A Waffle House style breakfast with fresh tomatoes

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Starting to get these south Anna butternut squash from Commonwealth Seed in. Maybe the sweetest squash we’ve ever had. Worth a try! Cross between Waltham Butternut and Seminole Pumpkin.

A bell shaped squash with bright flesh and a small area of seeds

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My great great grandpas mining helmet and ham pail, he lost his job after a large wrench fell down a shaft and landed on his kneck, all his coworkers got about 30$ together for him.

An early 20 century mining helmet and “ham pail” on the top of my record shelf. It was my ancestors, the carbide lamp is still at my parents house

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Entering the home stretch with my witness tree film, can't wait to share this project in the weeks ahead. Thanks for all the help on Patreon, it helps me be able to do this work full time rn! Big thanks to Kishara & Sol for creating this track to help tell the history. Free to watch link below. ❤️‍🔥

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Garden transitioning to fall here…going really big on a lot of new collards, kales, and mustards from commonwealth seed. Soaking our ghog protection row cover in bleach to try and kill anything bad for the plants. I think it’s going to be a good fall!

Rows of radishes turnips beets carrots and parsnips

Row cover and hoops after soaking in bleach

Still getting good tomatoes peppers and squash and okra and all kinds of stuff

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Almost forgot to post this sunset tonight. Maybe the best all summer long.

A sun set just west of double top mountain

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Cannot recommend the South Anna Butternut from Twin Oaks seed farm and Commonwealth Seed enough. Easily the sweetest pumpkin/squash we’ve ever had. Cross between Waltham Butternut and the Seminole Pumpkin.

A butternut colored squash/pumpkin on the garden floor.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just scanned this for my film project & only remembered we had a copy yesterday as the last monuments were taken down in Richmond. I've never seen this image duplicated before, it is a man standing next to the Lee monument on Monument Ave with tobacco growing on all sides. From Valentine collection.

An image from the Cook Collection at the Valentine Museum in Richmond, shows a Black man in white shirt and hat standing in a field of tobacco with the Lee monument in the background

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Almost forgot this guy out there today. Anyone grow this Tromboncino? It’s the only summer squash we can get to grow this late in the season.

A c or G shaped squash against the headlamp and garden backdrop

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One thing Im proud about with this project is using non sound source material & turning it into sound. For example, I converted all this archive material, newspaper clips, etc, into WAV files using a image to audio translator & collaged them together to illustrate the history. You hear what you see.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rainbow over the mill this evening.

A rainbow going over our neighbors hour and the old olive mill tonight

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Didn’t have a onion so used some Green onions from the garden tonight.

A small basket of hushpuppies to go with our dinner tonight

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Habaneros are finally coming in. Never had this reddish color ones before.

A basket or tomatoes and peppers from our garden

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Update on the DistroKid situation. It appears I’ve lost my appeal, they’ve concluded my new record “doesn’t primarily contain music”.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Helen Rountree is the local Powhatan scholar & I think shes fantastic. Her Powhatan Indians of VA is a classic. “We’re Still Here” is a good from Indigenous voices. The Beverly book is super interesting, 17 century writings on Indigenous culture. De Soto book is mind blowing if you have not done.

Helen Rountree books on Powhatan Virginia nations

17 century Virginia historian has good stuff about cultural details of mostly Powhatan nations but some others

Hernando de Soto book that chronicled their war path and gives an idea of the complex society that was here, mind blowing

This scholar would be good to look into. They are doing work on southeastern indigenous nations and comparing shared beliefs throughout the continent and working with indigenous nations.
Dense but interesting stuff

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

First big fall flip in the garden. We showed two types of turnip seeds, a rainbow radish mix, two types of daikons, three types of beets, three types of carrots, and did parsnips for the first time. Next up brassicas once the moon phase changes next week.

Aldona hoeing a 40’ row where the turnips will go

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here’s a little clip from the intro of the film featuring Dr. Michelle Merrill. The Witness Tree film will be free for all to watch at YouTube on October 2nd. ❤️‍🔥

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Lots of summer stuff starting to slow down but the garden is still pumping out beautiful tomatoes.

Nice tomatoes red and yellow on our countertop

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’ve been waiting for this book Tumult On The Mountain to arrive so I can scan some of these amazing photos of early extractive industry in the middle Appalachians. The White oaks in these photos are the biggest I’ve ever seen.

Fig. 5 Felled white oak. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co., Curtin, Nicholas County,
1914. Courtesy West Virginia University Library.

76-_The barren aspect of the land following the lumbering operations and fires is starkly shown here. Crest of Cabin Mountain, near Dobbins Slashings, Grant County. Courtesy H. A. Allard.

Fig. 10-The "King of the forest," a huge white oak with a notch cut for felling.
Near Lead Mine, Tucker County, 1913. The men shown here are Howard and Obie Bohon of St. George, Tucker County. Courtesy Ruth M. Barrho.

Fix. 11-This white oak was probably the largest tree cut by lumbermen in West Virginia. The log on the left is
marked "13 ft. diameter, 16 ft. from the base, John Vance." The next log is marked "10 ft. diameter, 31 ft. from the base." Cut by Mangold, Straub, and Carlston, 1913, near Lead Mine, Tucker County.
Courtesy Ruth M. Barrho.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wow…Aldona found this pic from me in high school at the clean water rally, 2006? in Richmond…I have always been this way 😂☠️

A newspaper article in the free lance star with me and my friends in 2006?

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This photo of a house ripped in half by floodwaters during hurricane Camille was what I used for my cover image with my short story about climate driven hurricane events in the middle Appalachian region.

A house along a creek in Nelson county ripped in half by floodwaters, a car sits parked outside among the broken trees and loose rocky soil

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Its been 2 years since this went down & while I've pretty much moved on emotionally, that money would really help me out right now! $24,000 from 2023/2024 Bandcamp, not sure what was going on with streaming $ at all. I took a lot of shit for going public with this then but I still haven't been paid.

Accounting from my Roses record for 2023 that I only got access to after I regained control of my masters from my former label. it shows 17,068.96 in sales for 2023.

Accounting from my Roses record for 2023 that I only got access to after I regained control of my masters from my former label. it shows 5,262.82 in sales for 2024.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Got my stitches out today in Fairfax and we did a little historic graveyard looking around the county. Civil War/pre war graffiti at Pohick Church, as well as Long Tom’s grave, an unidentified “Indian Chief” in the colonial section, maybe of the Dogue people?

Long Tom Indian Chief grace a simple stone marker on the grass

MWR of NY 1849 carved into the soft stone of Pohick church

Assorted civil war era graffiti on the side of Pohick church

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Found this 20 year old photo of me sitting in a park in Fburg with my first banjo I bought from my neighbor for 60$, and wearing the Scum skate team t shirt. Looking pretty spaced out lol.

A Polaroid of me and my first banjo sitting under a tree in a park wearing a t shirt that says SCUM.

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Working on my interview with Bruce Turner, Nat Turners great great great grandson, and all the ancient cypress trees along the Nottoway river who remember the insurrection. Follow along at my patreon or DM me if you don’t have the funds and want access. Link below. #blackaugust

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Reposting @dadadrummer.bsky.social from IG. We are living through a historically difficult time to be a working artist. Without the work of artists, musicians, writers, etc, American culture is pretty much AI slop and corporate fascist propaganda. ☠️

“giumons in Ghearingthingsco:
"asked Google, What have been the worst periods of time to be a musician?' Alongside the atrocities of Nazi Germany...and Afghanistan under Taliban rule... sat our current time period. The Al dubbed it 'The Post-Streaming & Layoff Era (2020s-Present)”

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Came into cville to get the last footage I need for my film and left some flowers at the tree I’ve been working with and the Heather Heyer Memorial.

A sunflower on the side of the basswood in market street park.

Heather heyer memorial in cville with some chalk memorials signs balloons and flowers

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Bevis with our daily vegetable haul. She likes sniffing the stuff that comes inside.

A big basket of vegetables with our cat Bevis looking cute behind it in our downstairs room.

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