by Ralphine Major | Nov 29, 2015 | Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I looked at the list of names and realized I had met many of them through the years as our paths crossed. 1961 was the year my class began first grade, and I had no idea who the graduating seniors were. On a gorgeous July...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 23, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 (KJV) Dressed in my cowgirl outfit, I was Annie Oakley—hat and all! Growing up on our dairy farm, life was simple and time...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 16, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is the season of Santa hats! Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 5. Local authors Wayne and Ralphine Major will be at Barnes & Noble, 8029 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee, for a book signing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for their first...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 2, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “This is a big bookstore,” Max told his grandparents. Max is right. But, he and Maci knew just where to find “Piddle Diddle’s Lost Hat” in the big bookstore! It was nearly ten years ago when East Tennessee siblings Wayne and...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 26, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Majors Woodrow Luttrell grew up in the Luttrell House on a farm on Washington Pike in Corryton. It seemed fitting that the Gibbs High School graduate study agriculture at The University of Tennessee’s College of Agriculture from 1934-1938. The name was...