‘The Virginian,’ the Hero

  By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was the first year I started writing for The Focus when Hollywood cowboy stars James Drury and Robert Fuller moseyed into Morristown for the Western Legends Festival.  I had committed to the Morristown Chamber of...

Celebrating Mother’s Day Amid a Pandemic

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Holidays.  They are one of the few events on the calendar that are not canceled these days because of the Coronavirus.  It is the way in which we must celebrate them that has changed. Mother’s Day is one of the most popular days...

Class of 2020

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It is the only picture of me wearing cap and gown for high school graduation.  I had forgotten that then Gibbs High School assistant principal Roy Mullins handed out our diplomas because our principal, Max Clendenen, had suffered...

Almost Normal

  By Ralphine Major It was the day before Palm Sunday.  I stepped outside to a beautiful Saturday morning.  Birds were singing!  The sun was coming up!  It seemed the entire landscape had turned green overnight.  Signs of spring were everywhere!  Everything felt...