Thursday, January 3, 2008
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About Me
- Chris Johnson
- Americus, Georgia, United States
- I'm currently the director of communications at The Fuller Center for Housing in Americus, Ga. I grew up in Oglethorpe, Ga., which literally has just one traffic light, and I remain a small-town boy at heart. I consider myself a "yupneck," which is half-yuppie, half-redneck. I've written for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer since 1997. I've also worked as a sports writer and columnist at newspapers in Americus, Valdosta and Montezuma, all in Georgia. Ideally, I'd live out the rest of my days as a novelist living in relative seclusion somewhere on the beautiful Georgia Coast, dragging my kayak onto lonesome beaches and jotting down the occasional story idea.
2 comments:
Oh Chris, Chris, Chris.
Just read your "Lost children of Ideal" column. You forgot the Lamar twins, Betty and Bobby, who entered the legenday Indian cave near Miona Springs, hoping to travel underground and end up somewhere near Perry. Their small skeletons were found after the 1994 Flood, washed up on the shores of the Flint (which only proves it's all part of the same cave system). Their markers were surely in that kiddie cemetery! Was Ideal REALLY featured in a beef commercial?
OK, did you really write a "Lost Children of Ideal" column? No need to answer. I haven't thrown away today's paper so I'll search it. Hard for me to miss anything though. I'm the world's last inveterate newspaper reader. Glad your blog is back. I grew up in Americus (dozens of decades ago) so anything about coolness in Oglethorpe amazes and amuses me.
Loved your TV videos too, but the first one about turtles didn't appear. And I do love turtles, the real and the chocolate kind.
I'm a former newspaper reporter so your comment about making "dozens of dollars" a year made me laugh. Or cry.
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