by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 22, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“The rest of my life depends on the intentions I set in the next five minutes at this eclipse. Just make up your mind the next five minutes. It is a reordering of the cosmos. Don’t print that.” “It is planting the seeds of intention during this...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 21, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We saw some rocks at mommy’s mall that she works at and we decided to do it, too.” “Mommy saw some in Fairhope and they are doing it on purpose.” “I painted food on my rocks. Doughnuts and pizza.” I made a Disney World...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 20, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up an only child in the Bessemer housing project in Prichard. I was fortunate to grow up there because my cousins and family lived on my block and parents wanted the best for their kids there, too. I saw so much of life happening in real time and it...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 18, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I am homeless because of the tornado. It happened at night. We just got the power restored. Now I have to clean out the wasp nests that have settled in the wood. I have been staying on couches with friends and family and it will be another month before I move...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 17, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“My first wife died after 10 months of marriage. I moved to Scotland because of her. She had cancer and we thought it had been removed but it came back. I was an agnostic then and now I am an atheist. Do you still want to talk to me? Our weather is changing in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 16, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I have heard all my life you need to get out of Birmingham if you are going to make it. I was close to moving back to Colorado but ‘Too Cold for Alabama Blood’ is about being stubbornly proud of where you are from despite the possibility of going...
