by design | Mar 11, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Colors of Spring By Ralphine Major It was only a couple of weeks ago that a small cluster of Easter flowers bloomed in the yard, their bright yellow color a distinct contrast to the barren ground below them. Days later, a whole line of yellow blooms appeared...
by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Columnist, Major
A World of Knowledge By Ralphine Major As far back as I can remember, they commanded a prominent place on the bookshelves in our home—a set of World Book Encyclopedias. My brother and I were still in elementary school in the sixties when our parents bought...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Gift of Time By Ralphine Major There never seems to be enough of it. Time. I have often thought that time plays tricks on our minds. One minute it seems like there is a world of time before the start of something; the next minute it has all but disappeared! We are...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Major
Hope Spring is on the Doorstep By Ralphine Major It was somewhat of a surprise as they seem to have appeared almost overnight. For the first time this year, shoots of green and even a couple of bright yellow blooms could be spotted among winter’s barren earth. In...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Major
God’s Great Love By Ralphine Major It is often celebrated with cards and candy, special dinners, and red roses. The short month of February brings the much-anticipated Valentine’s Day holiday. Love. Songs and stories have been written about it; movies have been made...
by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He was known as Tony D’Andrea, but students called him “Mr. D.” In the early sixties, he became the band director at Gibbs, a small rural school in Corryton, Tennessee. While D’Andrea taught band at the junior high and high school levels, he also...