by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 28, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am a third-generation firefighter. My dad was a chief in a Vermont and my grandfather was there for a time. I started at 16 as a junior member of that department. I just had my 20th anniversary in Fairhope. I have been chief for nine years. It was a big deal to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 27, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I fell into the hats. My sister and I were in a Mardi Gras organization for 20 years. I made hats each year to go with the theme of the float. The first hat was a top hat I spray painted white and added layers so it looked like a birthday cake with LED lights for...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 26, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am a Santa in Indianapolis, Indiana. The first time I was Santa was 1972. My sister was four years younger and I dressed up for her while she still believed. I had a beard most of my life. In the early years it wasn’t gray so I had to put one over it....
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 25, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I flew from Washington state to pick up my cousin in Chicago. We drove to the South the see the Angola Prison Rodeo. I have always been interested in prison things and saw a documentary about the rodeo and thought let’s do it. We are old enough to do...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 24, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I went into architecture in college and they said I didn’t have talent. They never suggested art school. I left and finished with a physical education degree at South Alabama because I was good at sports. The last quarter I took wood cutting and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 23, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I swam at Sewanee Military School in high school and I was okay. I was an undefeated swimmer at Auburn but we didn’t have a good coach or a good pool. I didn’t swim again until after vet school. I was in the Air Force for two years and had a...
