Author: Joseph Kitchens
Southern writer/historian focuses on Deep South and Georgia topics, especially of Native American Cherokees and Creeks, plantation life and cotton. Academically trained with a sense of humor and curiosity about how history impacts families and their everyday lives, even in the smallest places.28.11.2022
The Last Joro
Last Joro. It seems I was mistaken . Charlotte, the beautiful Joro spider we allowed to dominate our…
17.11.2022
Where is JFK?
As Thanksgiving and final exams approached in the fall of 1963, I was walking toward Aycock Hall Dormitory…
01.11.2022
Charlotte Has Left the Building
Since I discovered Charlotte at our front door, I have checked on her daily, often snapping a photo….
24.09.2022
Pebble Hill Memories, Episode 3
Prologue. Located in the heart of “Quail Country,” Pebble Hill Plantation is a 2,000- acre hunting preserve, one…
19.09.2022
A Band of Joros
I wrote earlier about the remarkable new spiders that have arrived in northwest Georgia, beginning last fall. This…
14.09.2022
Joro Spiders: They’re Ba-a-ack
We discovered huge-and growing- spiders and their webs in our garden last fall. This year, a new comer…
01.09.2022
Waters I Have Loved 4: The Rugged Coast of Maine
I suffer from an illness: a love of things nautical. My desire to sail is kept alive by…