by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 25, 2023 | A Southern Soul
A couple of weeks ago, I posted the story about riding around the Mississippi Delta with my mom and taking pictures. She has dementia and these rides are her adventures out of the house – it’s our favorite time together. The first years, we did a few Souls...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 24, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“When I was a little boy, I spent the summers with my Grandparents in the country town of Akron, AL. I eagerly explored the woods and spent time with the farm animals. I had little nooks and crannies near streams where I would play with tadpoles and salamanders. I put...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 22, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was a freshman at Blount High School in Prichard when integration changed everything. Students from Blount were bused to Murphy High School in Mobile. Integration was bad for the Black and White students. I got to know a White cheerleader from one of my classes....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 21, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“My teacher drove several of us from Bald Knob, AR, to Memphis to see Elvis play at the Cotton Carnival in May 1956. I was 14. We all wore poodle skirts. We got to Memphis early and drove to the little ranch house Elvis bought for his parents on Audubon Drive....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 19, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1935 in Walker County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama. My dad was a coal miner. He also worked at the sawmill. He built our house with the boards he carried home one at a time. That house is still standing. There wasn’t much fun in our...
