by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 11, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Fayette, Mississippi in an old civil war plantation house and my parents spent all of my childhood fixing it up. I grew up playing piano and had a wonderful music teacher, then I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and wanted to do that so my parents...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 10, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We are in Mobile looking for oysters, then driving to New Orleans and flying back home to Chicago. We drove through Fairhope and realized that maybe not everyone here voted for Trump.” “We just got engaged. I walked around with the ring in my pocket...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 9, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I baked cakes for Hostess and Wonder Bread and had an amazing life. Married twice, divorced, no kids. I have lived from Canada to Florida. I wouldn’t trade Mississippi for anywhere I have been. I just paid the rent for the month and I am going to get a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 9, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I am from Toronto and our plan was to just visit New Orleans but my friend found this part of the Delta and we decided to spend New Year’s here. I didn’t realize how poor the South is. There are two worlds here, one during the day when everything is...