by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 8, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I was shot in the neck five years ago by my stepfather. I was 35. He came home drunk and shot me after he got into a fight with the homeless guy who was living with us. He never said why he did it, but he is in prison now. I thought I was going to die. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 7, 2016 | Commentary
This week you may have read some of the stories from people of the Mississippi Delta. You should also read the story of Money, Mississippi. We went there to find Robert Johnson’s grave and Bobbie Gentry’s Tallahatchie Bridge, but found Bryant’s...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 7, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I was raised here, but live in Loafer’s Glory, North Carolina. My grandparents had a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains and we stayed there every summer. The mountains are in my blood and they have been calling for a long time. I was supposed to go to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 7, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I have always been a science person and was a science teacher. When I was having horrible anxiety I met in Pensacola in a little group of friends with a medium. She said ‘Your husband is hanging with you.’ I thought that was weird, but she was...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 6, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Nebraska, but my job brought me here in 1980. I didn’t know you could live like this and live close to a beach. I was an only child and I don’t have a lot of family, so I created family with my friends here. My wish for 2016 is to find...
