by Ralphine Major | Jul 14, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was an East Tennessee beauty whose photo was chosen as the winner. The Tennessee connection came when young Lois Wood entered a contest and won. The winner’s photo would be painted on a plane. Appropriately enough, the plane was named “Lovely...
by Ralphine Major | Jul 7, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major She is a lady of many talents. Focus readers first met her in “What’s in the Bag?” on 12-23-13. The little blue and white teddy bear my brother gave me for Christmas in 1964 is one gift I have kept all these years. It was only when I was writing...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 30, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The two young people in the picture did not look familiar. Their smiles spoke volumes, foretelling a lifetime together filled with hopes and dreams. Sixty years later, that young couple is still smiling and celebrating all those years. Now, I know...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is an annual tradition for the Fourth of July, and it is a much anticipated event. The Color Guard presents the American flag for the Pledge of Allegiance. It is a somber moment that embraces a wide range of emotions. While it makes us proud to...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It played out like a carefully orchestrated event with each participant making their entrance on cue. A look to the sky saw rain clouds announcing that a storm was approaching. Before long, it came. The wind and rain marched in sounding much like the...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is a time of hayfields and honeysuckles, birds singing, warm breezes blowing, and sunrays beaming down. It is a time for gathering summer crops like home-grown tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, cantalopes, and watermelons. It is a time of Vacation...
