Atlanta Magazine Features The Wren’s Nest
Written on October 1, 2009 at 10:51 am, by Lain
Find us in the October issue of Atlanta Magazine! We’re in between the angry letters about the Real Housewives of Atlanta and a feature about the director of the CDC.
Or, be our guest and check out the article online.
The print edition has a few more photos by Jamey Guy (awesome dude).
What do you think about the article?
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6 Comments to Atlanta Magazine Features The Wren’s Nest
“an odd but historically accurate shade of mustard”
Sounds like an early Pink Floyd song.
Awesome article. Someone I know posted it on his FB page and I commented that you also write a mean blog and that the Nest also has a FB page he could become a fan of.
And just for the record, you two are like one of the cutest couples ever.
I enjoyed the article in the Atlanta Magazine. I accidentily came across your website when I googled “The Wrens Nest.” I was curious because about 50 years ago I had a private tour of the home of the late Joel Chandler Harris by a beautiful little girl who was his great,great grandaughter, {give or take a great or two}. She lived in Savannah and was visiting her grandmother who resided there at The Wrens Nest.They invited me for tea and cookies,we sat on the steps leading up to his private study. It was locked and we were not allowed to play in that room. I was already familar with his stories but the little girl made him seem more real to me. She was very proud of her ancestor’s accomplishments. I can almost see her blonde hair and beautiful little face but I can’t remember her name. Her grandmother drove us to a theater downtown to see “Bambi”. She let us out in front of the theater and picked us up later when the movie was over. All of these exiting activities made my first visit to Atlanta an unforgetable experience. My brother and his wife were expecting their first baby and I was visiting for a couple of weeks to keep her company. They lived in a small apartment on the next street. All the neighborhood children met in all the back yards including “The Wrens Nest”. There was a huge stage or some sort of outdoor community meeting place behind the backyards. I remember a couple of old, old shacks but well preserved on the property. Do you know who this little girl was? Is she still living? I really wish that I had kept in touch with her. I’d like to thank her just for being so nice to me. I also attended Sunday School at Baptist church next door.
Thanks, Glenda! Glad you liked the article, and I’m happy it brought back fond memories of the place.
This sounds like it was a little before my time. I’ll see if my mom knows.
Hi Lain, I’ve read more about the life of Joel Chandler Harris. He lead a very interesting life and it would make a very,very wonderful movie and I would love to see it.He lived in very different times but he was born to be a writer, a newspaperman, a storyteller and maybe a comedian.He had a way with people and held their undivided attention with words to inform, to entertain and take their minds off from hard times. It was God’s perfect timing so why should Georgia forget him and his great talent? You probably would be a good narrator. Anyway I like the improvements you have made on The Wren’s Nest and I hope you can keep it open to the public. Do you plan on decorating it at Christmas. I bet it will be breathtaking. A fan of The Wren’s Nest. Glenda Bell Dinkins
Shucks, thanks Glenda!
I wouldn’t put too much stock in my narrating voice (at least until you hear it WABE next Tuesday!), but I appreciate the kind words.
We do gussy the house up for Christmas — I think the first day this year will be December 8, one day shy of Joel Chandler Harris Day in Georgia.