Wind energy tends to generate excitement among the environmentally conscious and business–minded alike: It’s renewable, pollution–free and there’s plenty of it to sell. It seems awfully simple. However, the process […]
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos has been writing about interesting people, vexing issues and anything involving free food for more than 20 years. She introduces herself at cocktail parties as southern by marriage.
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Words on the Street
From a distance, it looks like total madness. In the middle of Forsyth Park, a group of grown–ups are running wildly back and forth, carrying giant letters. Shrieks of "Peel!" […]
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Organic decisions
Eyes that watch the organic food industry were all on Savannah last week. Why? The Desoto Hilton hosted the biannual meeting of the National Organic Standards Board, where several key […]
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Not another shaggy dog story
JUST SO THERE ARE no unnecessary tears, I’m going to tell you straight up that this tale does not end with a dead dog. It started out on a busy […]
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Out of the fog
Maybe you saw the intriguing postcards that circled around town a few weeks ago. Something called “The Fog” was opening at the Savannah Ogeechee Canal historic site, but other than […]
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Trade rules
AS THE HORDES prepare to flood the malls and big box stores with their credit cards for Black Friday, some smart folks checked off their holiday shopping lists early. The […]
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Gratitude in the Garden
It’s almost three o’clock on a recent balmy autumn afternoon, and Susan Giddens is fretting over the sweet potatoes. “I’m worried that I only made one pan,” murmurs the vivacious […]
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Big Things in Small Towns
There’s nothing like eating pancakes under the udders of the world’s largest fiberglass cow. At least according to filmmaker Amy Elliot, who visited the giant statue in New Salem, ND, […]
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Surviving Career Day
It really didn’t matter what I said, I was no match for the Chihuahua. When Carla Cantrell, the ebullient guidance counselor at Charles Ellis Montessori Academy, asked me to be […]
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Give the Woman A Hand
No doubt, making art takes courage. Decent, affordable materials and a supportive community go a long way, too. When you’re a person who provides all that to struggling artists, you […]
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Funny, you don’t look fluish
Man, this used to be such a nice neighborhood drugstore. You could walk the aisles without being accosted by the pushers. If you took a half an hour to compare […]
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Viva Italia!
From the other end of the line, Keith Miller’s voice rumbles like a thunderstorm rolling in from the horizon. The 37 year-old baritone has called from New York to talk […]