Month: August 2019

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22.08.2019

Poems Inspired by the Great War, Part III

/ Poetry

This the third installment of war poems by my talented son, Joseph Hugh Kitchens III. Last year, I…

2

19.08.2019

Chariots of the Dogs

/ Humor

Chariots of the Dogs Remember Woodrow Stretcher.? The guy who lives in Mt. Pariah and operates the metal…

3

18.08.2019

Calvary Episcopal Church in Americus, Georgia

/ Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

Churches are the anchors of many small towns, spiritually, historically, socially and architecturally. This lovely church-in my opinion…

2

17.08.2019

The Sun is Going Down on Gough, Georgia: Photo of Town Watering Pump

/ Deep South Stories

In an earlier post (The Sun is Going Down on Gough, Georgia, Part 2) I describe a scene…

1

10.08.2019

Atlanta Confidential/1960 (Part 2)

/ Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

Men and the Mail in Underground Atlanta At the end of my first quarter of college at West…

1

07.08.2019

Britain, Cotton, Slavery and Civil War

/ Book Reviews

Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton, A Global History.  New York: Penguin Random House,2014. This book inspired my idea…

1

05.08.2019

The Sun is Going Down on Gough, Georgia (Part 2)

/ Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

Elegy for a Small Town My mother’s life was forever altered by her father’s surprising decision to leave…

2

02.08.2019

Atlanta Confidential/1960 Part 1

/ Humor, Writer's Journal

Confessions of a Meter Reader After so many years of living in small towns, our move to the…

2

01.08.2019

Poetry Inspired by the Great War, Part II

/ Poetry

The First World War was exponentially more death inflicting than any war before. Led by a small corps…

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