by Alice Liles | Nov 7, 2019 | Cactus Are Cool
Since around 2003 a group of cactus lovers has converged on the McPherson 4M Ranch in Sonora, Texas, to appreciate cactus in its natural habitat and to also take home a few for personal gardens. I took part in the adventure this year. The story goes that around 2003,...
by Alice Liles | Nov 1, 2019 | Cactus Are Cool
October is traditionally the month for the annual Texas Association of Cactus and Succulents Societies Fall Seminar. This year it was hosted by the San Antonio Cactus and Xerophyte Society at the San Antonio Garden Center. I have attended several over the years, but...
by Alice Liles | Oct 17, 2019 | Bright Lights
In 2015 Foodways Texas honored Irma Leal with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions in preserving and celebrating the culture of Mexican food in Texas. And when you enter Leal’s Mexican Food Restaurant in Muleshoe, you are greeted by a picture of her...
by Alice Liles | Oct 14, 2019 | Bright Lights
Saturday night, October 12th, I enjoyed my first visit to the Rose Ball held at the Desert Rose, a fund-raising gala for the American Cancer Society spearheaded by Rhonda Myers, a breast cancer survivor who wanted to do something that would pay it forward, to help...
by Alice Liles | Sep 22, 2019 | Bright Lights
Draggin’ Main used to be an American teen-age rite of passage, be it in Clovis, New Mexico, or Rosenberg, Texas, or right here in the Shoe. And the Muleshoe Class of ‘69 did their fair share of wasting cheap gasoline making the circle back in the day. I know this...
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