by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 8, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I work for my father in different grocery stores around the South. I got into photography because I wanted to move away from my phone and take better quality pictures with a camera. You can change a filter or change equipment and make an image explode. It is...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 8, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I got the Jeep for Christmas. I have wanted one my whole life. It is smooth and I can go anywhere with 4-wheel drive. I washed it yesterday. I go to school, play soccer, and work at a Mexican restaurant. We met at a soccer game. She came to watch her dad play...
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...
