Artists capture family ties and the lure of tobacco farming
(WorldNews Entertainment)

North Carolina is my home — the place where my childhood memories reside still. Memories of grandparents, cousins, siblings and schoolmates — a lifetime of events, many still easily stirred. Having lived in Louisiana for the past 10 years, coming home is always close to my heart.An advertisement seen recently, touting cigarettes as a way to lose weight, reminded me of the impact tobacco had on our lives when tobacco was king. A long history dating ......