Bill Kirby, Augusta Chronicle

Bill Kirby

Augusta Chronicle

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Past articles by Bill:

Bill Kirby: How do you say goodbye after 45 years?

Bill Kirby has written about the Augusta area for more than 45 years. In this farewell column, he says "Thanks for reading." → Read More

Monday Mystery: Sometimes danger followed romance on Lovers Lane

A violent 1971 assault on Augusta's Lovers Lane remains a mystery. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Readers will ramble, language is a scramble, life is a gamble

Summer travelers find another Augusta and a reader reminds us of the challenges of the English language. → Read More

The Way We Were: In 1964 Miss Augusta became Miss Georgia and competed for Miss America

In 1964, ARC grad Vivian Davis competed in the Miss America pageant. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Some wave to clouds, others crowd the waves

Bill Kirby: Most readers report fun vacations, but not this cruise-goer. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Rearranging the grocery store puts the 'cuss' in customers

Kirby: Hide-and-seek on Aisle 9! Grocery store reorganization forces customers to go on a scavenger hunt. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Some stay in Georgia when it comes to summer travels

Readers share their travels, many of them didn't have to go far. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Vacationers offer us glimpses of Michigan and Spain

Our readers stretch their summer travels. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Early morning home invasion includes dogs, a frog and a colander

Trouble never oversleeps, you might have noticed. Take the case of a recent early morning home invasion. → Read More

Bill Kirby: What's the good word? Cool off and let me know

What do you call the pleasant heat after AC's chill? → Read More

Bill Kirby: Naps have become the 'guilty pleasure' of senior adults

A nap is merely rest in short doses and the older we get, it seems, the better we nap. → Read More

Bill Kirby: There's no guess work to guest work; be prepared and plan ahead

The longer your spouse has known her friends, the better you better be. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Take a cute from the dogs and never miss a chance to nap

My little white dogs are my heroes because they have mastered the simple life: They wag their tails, they eat and they sleep. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Readers share many travels from a ham radio festival to Hawaii

Readers hit the road and tell us what they've seen. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Old neckties offer way to reconnect family ties on this Father's Day

Neckties once made a statement, now they rarely make an appearance. Here's one idea for how to repurpose them. → Read More

The Way We Were: Lillie West turned 100, shared decades of memories for years to come

In 1956, Lillie West reached her 100th birthday. Then she kept going. → Read More

Listen up! You really never know when someone else can hear you: Bill Kirby

Watch what you say, when you say it and how you say it. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Readers share advice, vacation pictures and a request

Augusta Chronicle readers offer an answer from a different perspective. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Things you think about on a lonely Georgia road

A road trip through the middle of nowhere is chance to look out the car window and tell yourself stories. → Read More

Bill Kirby: Read all about it

Reading yourself to sleep gets easier every year. → Read More