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Cracking Walnuts & Other Goodies
Poems and Stories About Living and Giving


Price: $15.00
Meet the Carter family. Learn about their early days, home remedies, and traditions. Find out about Grandma Hippy Toe and her antics.

And of course you don't want to miss the tale of Buck Jackson. You'll come to know Arlene's second dad and how special he was to her. There is much more between these pages.

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Tucked in Real Real Tight
Poems and Stories About Sharing and Caring


Price: $22.50

The journey continues. New doors open. Go with Arlene to Eldercare Gardens Nursing Home and meet her special friends -- Robert Lee Epps, Mary Lawson, and Terry Danny Carter. Learn more about life growing up in Axton, Virginia.

Also you'll find two of her favorites poems, "Can You Love Me Still?" and "Mama Doesn't Live Here Anymore" as well a short story section just for children.

A few poems appear about Stony Mill Elementary School students who have touched Arlene's heart in a special way. A special section of poems written by other people is included also.

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Between Nighttime Dreams
A Mama Daughter Journey


Prices:
Softcover $21.00

Many changes take place over time. This book takes the reader into Fine Care, Arlene's Axton home where she is the main caregiver for her mother who is experiencing confusion and memory problems and her fifty-year-old brother Larry who had a stroke November 30, 2000.

How does one handle these challenges? Read this book for an inside story of how one family learns to deal with ever-constant challenging issues on a one-day-at-a-time basis.
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Love, Laughter and Tears
An SOL Parental Involvement Activity Book


Price: $13.00
Parents and children work together on the activities in this book which are based on poems and stories from Cracking Walnuts & Other Goodies and Tucked In Real Real Tight. A special coloring book is included.
Soppin' Gravy

Soppin' Gravy at the Kitchen Table:
Poems and Stories about Loving and Learning


Price: $25.00
Readers embark upon yet another journey of rhythm and rhyme. Soppin' Gravy at the Kitchen Table includes a variety of poems by The Sugar Lady and many other friends and associates. The poem " Phillip Used The Toilet With The Door Opened Wide " is a hilarious account of truth in its purest form.
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Mama Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Compact Disk


Price: $10.00
CD (one-song)
"Mama Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is recited by Arlene while Phillip Smith provides the vocals and David Emerson accompanies them on the keyboard.