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Introducing Savannah Sideways: The Substack
Seems the whole writing world has migrated to Substack, and you can find my latest writing at https://jessicaleighlebos.substack.com/ ,...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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Savannah Weighs Value of Art and History Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Ancient Roman statues once owned by a local Gilded Age millionaire are up for sale. Should they be? The azaleas were blooming in...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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The Sublime Sanctuary Just Off The Coast
If you sailed 20 miles straight east off of Sapelo Island and gazed around the horizon, you would see nothing but a seamless view of...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Oct 29, 20201 min read
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The People's Doctor
The disruptive course of the coronavirus pandemic took many of us by surprise, but Dr. Diane Weems saw it coming with eyes wide open. The...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Oct 29, 20201 min read
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The Importance Of Being Earnest
The eyes of Earnest McIntosh, Sr. seem to reflect the water, even when he’s nowhere near it. Perhaps it’s because he has spent his life...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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Keeping the Beat: The Gretsch drum factory's rhythm of a 136-year-old legacy
Located just over the Talmadge Bridge in the bucolic town of Ridgeland, SC, the low-slung, beige warehouse looks like it might produce...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Feb 20, 20202 min read
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Thrillist.Com: Why Thanksgiving Means Sweet Potato Orange Balls
We got the call that my mother-in-law died between dinner and dessert. It wasn’t so unexpected, as she had been confined to bed with...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Jan 8, 20204 min read
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Michael Twitty on Jewish Food and Soul Food
Matzah meal fried chicken, black-eyed pea hummus, turkey gumbo — for some, these combinations might not resemble the traditional culinary...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Jan 8, 20204 min read
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Kitchen Influential: Savannah Magazine
Natasha Gaskill of The Grey and The Grey Market Back when our kids were toddlers at Maggie’s Morning School, Natasha Gaskill was always...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Jan 8, 20202 min read
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Well, Ain't This Just the Best (of Savannah)?
Lawd, lawd, lookee here. I'm honored to have been voted "Best Local Author" by the readers of Connect Savannah, and even more so to have...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
May 22, 20191 min read
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Yo, Yenta! Why the Virgin Mary?
The latest project in my reclaimed Mardi Gras bead series might cause a little confusion, perhaps even some plotzing among the...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
May 15, 20194 min read
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What Does "JLL not Jill" Even Mean?
Hiya, I’m Jessica Leigh Lebos - yes, it’s three names. Prounounced "Gesika. Lee. Lee-Boze." I'm a working writer and journalist, so in...
Jessica Leigh Lebos
May 6, 20192 min read
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