by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 26, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Mobile. In 1958, my friend Bobby McBride and I were in Point Clear at Jim Delaney’s house shucking oysters and drinking beer. I looked at a Life magazine and the cover was Alaska’s statehood. I knew I wanted to go. Bobby and I came to Alaska...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 25, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I am from California but I have been in Arkansas for the last six years. My friend came to Alaska last year and invited me to come with her. I work in a food truck and clean in Airbnbs. This is my first summer in Alaska and everyone says it is slow here. They say it...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 25, 2020 | A Southern Soul
I am cleaning red salmon. This is salmon season and my husband stands in the water and catches them with dip net with big hoops. It is easier with a boat, but we didn’t have a boat this year. He started fishing about midnight when there were fewer people fishing...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 23, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I worked at an inner-city church in Redding, Pennsylvania. My wife and I wanted to get our kids out of the rat race in the Mid-Atlantic states. I found this job as executive director at New Hope Compassionate Ministries in Anchorage. Nine months later, we moved our...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 22, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“Twenty years ago I was living in San Diego. I visited my brother in Anchorage and never went back. I moved here in 2002, and it still feels like I am on vacation. I am originally from Mexico. My mom still lives in California and asks me why I live so far away...
