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the arena

The Arena

Facing unexpected challenges in life head on and holding it all together for the family, like a gladiator in an arena surrounded by tigers.

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Tobacco

Time of the Harvest

It was late September and the crops were heavy in the fields as I sat with my father at the nursing home in Falcon, NC, during his final days.

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Man of the Wild

Man of the Wild

If I had to pick an animal that most represented my dad, Curtis Alexander, it would definitely be a bear.

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stagecoach beetle

Stagecoach Beetle

Stagecoach Beetle What is a Stagecoach Beetle? https://organic-arts.com/wp-content/uploads/images/audio/stagecoach-beetle.m4a Listen to this Story When I went home to see my parents for the first time since the start of the pandemic it had been four years since we had...

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