by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 11, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I always wanted to have a bookstore and I have been picturing this as long as I can remember. The previous owner was ready to sell and that bumped my schedule up from retirement to now. I have been open for three weeks and still trying to get books out. It is called...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 10, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We are from Chile. I work for a shipping agency in Mobile. We lived in Santiago with five million people together, but it is a very new city. We miss the Andes Mountains. You can ski in the morning and have dinner at night on the beach. It is one of the safest...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 9, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am in the Association of Recovering Motorcyclists. We are recovering from addictions and like to ride. I tried to stay sober for 12 years before I got into ARM. After I got in, I have been sober for six years this month. The first thing I think of when I pick...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 8, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“My name is Cornelia. I had an uncle named Cornelius who died when he was ten and my mother named me after him. I am waiting on the bus. People in Mobile say to be a true Mobilian you have to be born under an azalea bush but I was born in the shadow of the Cathedral,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 7, 2018 | A Southern Soul
Election day in Alabama. People voted to keep God first. Voted to keep things the way they are. Voted for change. Voted for the future. Voted to fix a broken system. Voted for the first time. They voted in a civic center below a water tower that reads,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 7, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I noticed people were getting emotional and name calling instead of having conversations on social media. Some were calling me things that weren’t true. We are a community and in a couple of weeks we will have this behind us. Why don’t we act like...
