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.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…
05.08.2022
Blue Birds Eden
Blue Bird of Happiness Breakfast is a ritual at our house, simple fair but a moment to remind…