6-minute Stories

By Randell JonesSociety & Culture Personal Journals

6-minute Stories episodes

September 02, 2020 "Southern Blues" by Janet K. Baxter
Southern hospitality can be hard to get and cold comfort to those who don’t meet other’s expectations, this relocated Midwesterner learned in her family’s first encounter. .
8 min
August 26, 2020 "The Enduring Feast" by Jane Rockwell
pie and coffee--Memories of favorite foods and family recipes and the efforts to recreate Mother’s famous Chocolate Cake without one draw the family closer together.
8 min
August 23, 2020 "Speaking of Home" by Susan Poe Hauser
This North Carolina writer imagines her 1804 house sharing the stories of the family generations who lived there.
8 min
August 19, 2020 "From the Heart in Dixie" by Beth Sammons
Growing up in Alabama offered this writer contradictions but also lessons about life, limits, and love, lessons taught by her mother who could change hearts.
8 min
August 16, 2020 "Demanding Respect" by Randell Jones
We commemorate this month the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment recognizing the right of women to vote in America.
8 min
August 12, 2020 "Empty Pocketbook, Boundless Love" by Debra Madaris Efird
This North Carolina writer recalls the adventuress of visiting another time and another world as she remembers her grandmother’s generosity with love.
8 min
August 09, 2020 "Aerial Adventure" by Suzanne Cottrell
fearless flying --
Can two women at 65 master an obstacle course of rope ladders and zip lines? Good question.
8 min
August 05, 2020 "It's the Damn Humidity" by Alice Osborn
In the "dogs days" of August, this North Carolina writer reflects on her life-long experiences of enduring and thriving in Southern heat . . . and snow!
8 min
August 02, 2020 "Gobsmacked in the Gulfstream" by Arlene Mandell
Some of the South’s prettiest spots and grandest experiences are just a little farther south and not always the easiest to find.
9 min
July 29, 2020 "How Uncle Gene Got His Cut" by Richard Groves
Family secrets, family ties, and family treasure bind this North Carolina writer to his Louisiana roots.
8 min

About 6-minute Stories

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True, personal stories from new voices and experienced writers resonating with the themes of the Personal Essay/Story Publishing Projects: "Bearing Up" (2018) and "Exploring" (2019).