Don Edmonds
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | psychiatric nursing |
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Introduction | I am of the television generation. Our elementary school let us watch Alan Shepard launch into space on a TV in the school cafeteria. I stayed up late one summer night eight years later to see Neil Armstrong climb down from the landing module and step onto the moon. This year I saw the last American shuttle launch into space. I have worked in the ministry, nursing the physical body, and nursing the inner person. I have also spent a few years in manufacturing plants in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. I served six years in the Army Reserve. My wife of 30 years is also a nurse. Our son is a special needs adult who we have been blessed to have in our lives and who has helped make us a loving family. |
| Interests | Music, politics, history, science, origin theories, unifying theories of physics, the place of faith in our lives and in our society, interpreting Christian scripture, any good book, mental wellness, family resilience, and all things American - especially things pertaining to Southern life and culture. |
| Favorite movies | I enjoy most of the MGM, United Artists, RKO, FOX, Universal, Warner Brothers, and Paramount films from the 1930's, 40's, and 50's. I enjoy the content but also view them as a window into American history. |
| Favorite music | Roots music, blues, classic rock, jazz, bluegrass, and Irish music, romantic- classic- and American classical music, country music, that is produced by country musicians, and the Memphis sound,- Otis Redding, Booker T. and the M.G.s, the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, Wilson Pickett, Al Green. |
| Favorite books | Lonesome Dove, Accidental Tourist, Prodigal Summer, Salem's Lot, Einstein: His Life and Universe, String Theory, most books by N.T. Wright, Flowers for Algernon, books by Clyde Edgerton , Robert McCammon. |