by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 3, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I am from Ohio. I went to Oklahoma and drilled gas wells. I lived with my wife and two young children in a 22-foot travel trailer. Reaganomics shut down drilling. In 1983, I joined the Marine Corps. I went to Beirut and North Africa. I came down to work in the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 28, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve always been drawn to the special needs population. I was involved in a program in my high school that trained intellectually delayed teenagers to work at a nearby plant so they would have a job when they graduated. When I moved to Mobile for college,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 21, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“My name is Wren, and I am eight years old. I like wearing capes and pretending to be a bat and that I can fly. Or I pretend that I am a Ninja. I have another cape with my name on it. I live in Massachusetts and we have been here for a few months while my dad works. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 20, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“The name of my balloon is Pondemonium. I live in Colorado and have been ballooning for thirty years. I had three teenage boys and was beginning to think I couldn’t do anything right. My life was all about boys. I needed my own thing. I started crewing for a hot...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 16, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I am sixth generation of born and raised in New Orleans. I have lived there my whole life. I went to Springhill College in Mobile for my undergraduate degree. I have wanted to come to Joe Cain for 20 years, but normally I would be doing Bacchus, one of the biggest...