Category: Writer’s Journal
Writer’s journal about my life, my Georgia, my family.
17.09.2020
A Boy’s Encounter with a Crop Duster
Joseph Kitchens / Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal
In the summer of 1949, I turned seven and on visits to my grandparents, I was free to…
14.08.2020
The Packard Dies on the Road to Tybee
Joseph Kitchens / Deep South Stories, Humor, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal
…where the sand is hard-packed and smooth, and where the water skittered up in a warm wash…
05.08.2020
I Fell Off the Jekyll Island Bridge and Lived to Tell About It
Joseph Kitchens / Deep South Stories, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal
Life was risky around my father. A mix of fierce physicality, keen mind and, when circumstances required, genteel…
20.07.2020
Storm Warning Too Late
Joseph Kitchens / Deep South Stories, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal
My daughter Mary is vacationing on the Gulf of Mexico along the “panhandle” of west Florida. She sent…
01.07.2020
Restoration Mania
Joseph Kitchens / Deep South Stories, Humor, Writer's Journal
When the rising tide of the historic preservation movement caught hold during our Bicentennial celebration in the mid-to-late…
28.05.2020
A Girl is to Hang: The Spann-Eberhart Tragedy Unfolds in Preston, Georgia
Joseph Kitchens / Deep South Stories, Writer's Journal
The tiny Webster County jail where the two convicted murders were held following their conviction during months of…