Category: Writer’s Journal

Writer’s journal about my life, my Georgia, my family.

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28.11.2022

Cotton Crash in 1920’s Georgia

/ Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

My mother’s father, Calvin Sego, moved to the little town of Gough in 1919. The village was itself…

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17.11.2022

Where is JFK?

/ Writer's Journal

As Thanksgiving and final exams approached in the fall of 1963, I was walking toward Aycock Hall Dormitory…

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24.09.2022

Pebble Hill Memories, Episode 3

/ Ten Years on a Yankee Plantation, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal

Prologue. Located in the heart of “Quail Country,” Pebble Hill Plantation is a 2,000- acre hunting preserve, one…

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01.09.2022

Waters I Have Loved 4: The Rugged Coast of Maine

/ Uncategorized, Writer's Journal

I suffer from an illness: a love of things nautical. My desire to sail is kept alive by…

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10.08.2022

Waters I Have Loved #3: Mill Ponds

/ Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

My father continued a long tradition when he returned from service in World War II: fishing the mill…

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05.08.2022

Blue Birds Eden

/ Writer's Journal

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

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04.08.2022

Waters I Have Loved #2: An Ocean in Flames

/ Deep South Stories, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal

My father was many things: son of a family down on its luck because of the Depression, self-taught…

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03.08.2022

Redux: A Link Between Two Small Towns and FDR

/ Connections, Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

For reasons I cannot explain, this has been the most popular of all my 150 or so posts…

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29.07.2022

Black Water Encounter

/ Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal

The ancient Sturgeon is being restored to Georgia waters. My own family lore is peppered with stories of…

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24.06.2022

The Middle Passage in Slave Times -and Later

/ Book Reviews, Writer's Journal

Mid-career I found myself in a new setting. After leaving Pebble Hill Plantation, I served a stint with…

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