We need diversity in art here. We try to be the radical ones that throw it out there, just to get people’s minds turning

by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 6, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“We need diversity in art here. Most of Mobile art is beach scenes and oyster shells. We need to bring in other cultures.” “There are social issues going on in the world and art here stays away from that. It doesn’t show the world the way it...

I got divorced in July and I am starting over again and moving to a house on the bay

by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 5, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“I am moving to Fairhope. I left Indiana when I was 58. I had five children and when my youngest went to college and had a pity party and bought a little place in Costa Rica in ’99. I sold everything I had to get my son into college and was going to Costa...

I became a rabbi because God called me to do it, but I ran from that calling for years

by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 4, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year. It is also called the Feast of Trumpets. The Torah commands us to blast the shofar on the first day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. Throughout the world, services are happening and the shofar is being blown. We...

A lot of people tell me they don’t see how I can do this, but you have to have a stomach for it

by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 3, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“I clean five sets of restrooms every day and get the garbage off of the pier. I have been doing this for 18 years. I do it for the benefits and to meet people. It is OK. I have clean bathrooms at my house too. I do not like a nasty bathroom. The restrooms are...

I got into vintage clothing because I loved watching musicals with my mom

by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 2, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“I got into vintage clothing because I loved watching musicals with my mom. Her favorites were Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. I loved their clothes and how they fit, so I started buying vintage men clothes, the vests of the 40’s and 50’s and cashmere...