By Rosie Moore The pineapple is a member of the bromeliad family. It is extremely rare that bromeliads produce edible fruit. The pineapple is the only available edible bromeliad today. It is a multiple fruit, one pineapple is actually made up of dozens of individual flowerets that grow together to form the entire fruit. Each […]
By Ray Hill Following the demise of Governor Gordon Browning’s plan to emasculate the Shelby County political machine headed by E. H. Crump, Tennessee Democrats were deeply divided. Governor Browning watched with dismay as his appointee to the United States Senate, George L. Berry, continued his feud with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Berry wanted significant […]
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A patient recently asked me how long I had been writing for The Focus. I couldn’t remember. However, I quickly divided two hundred and seventy essays by fifty-two weeks in a year and came up with five years of stories. I’ve wondered if my muse will someday leave me, but it […]
By Alex Norman The Tennessee Lady Vols softball team arrived at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City a confident group, after sweeping through the Regional and Super Regionals with a 5-0 record. That confidence did nothing but grow after wins over Florida, Washington and Texas advanced the seventh-seeded Lady Vols into the final […]
By Sarah Baker Last summer, I had my dream European Vacation paid for by someone who loves me. This summer, I’m back to my own budget. Therefore, I have devised a list of my favorite stay-cation choices for the summer. 1. Take a picnic and hike at Big South Fork. Located about an hour and […]
By Ralphine Major I can see it coming over the hill right now. I can hear it, too–our red Farmall tractor pulling a wagon stacked high with hay, young boys, and a dog or two. They would stop in the road in front of our house for snacks and a glass of ice cold water […]
By Rosie Moore When I was a young girl I spent a lot of summers with my great-aunt Sophie, who lived a few miles outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was a diminutive lady of German ancestry with long, white hair braided around her head, sparkling blue eyes and a dimple in each cheek. There are […]
By Joe Rector It’s summer time, and one never comes around that I don’t remember the good and bad times I had during these months when I was younger. Twin brother Jim and I awoke to the morning air heavy with the perfume of honeysuckle, and we played hard all day. When we reached high […]
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Often referred to as “defamation of character,” defamation is the issuance of a false statement about another person which causes that person to suffer harm. “The essential element of a cause of action for defamation is a false and defamatory statement which caused injury to the plaintiff’s character or […]
By Ray Hill The political pot in Tennessee ceased to boil when Governor Gordon Browning appointed George L. Berry, President of the International Printing and Pressmen’s Union, to the United States Senate on May 7, 1937. Still, the pot certainly continued to simmer with a host of prospective candidates talking about running in the […]
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