Irma Leal
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...
The Third Annual Rose Ball
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...
Draggin’ Main with the Class of ‘69
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...
The Kentucky Trip: Cross Country and the Grand Prix at the Three Day Event
The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, hosts the Kentucky Three Day Event, also known as the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event because Land Rover is the sponsor. This was what Elaine and I experienced on the last day of our trip to Lexington, Kentucky, in...
Time to Meet Frosty, the Newest Addition to the Family
Back in January of this year, Porche Dog chased a stray kitten up a tree at our house. Porche is not a bad dog; chasing cats just happens to be the nature of this beast, and she does it well. The kitten was, naturally, scared to death and cried when I tried to talk...
The Bright Lights of Muleshoe Receives State Recognition
I wanted to share with my readers that my book, The Bright Lights of Muleshoe, has been recognized as a valuable source of historical information by three noteworthy institutions in the state of Texas. In March of this year, I was notified that the book had been added...
I Helped the Muleshoe Chapter of Texas Classroom Teachers Association Welcome New Teachers to Muleshoe ISD
The Muleshoe chapter of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA) served breakfast to new teachers and support personnel on Friday, August 9th at the administration building, and I was invited to speak to them about joining TCTA. New teachers, support personnel,...
Diana and the Inspirational Business Women’s Network
A few months ago I had a call from Diana Gandara, a former student of mine who is now a Texas Farm Bureau Insurance agent here in Muleshoe. She was developing a plan to organize a women’s business group and asked if I would be willing to speak at the first meeting...
July 4th in the Shoe
There was absolutely no excuse for being bored this past July 4th weekend. Plenty of activities were going on to help you celebrate our independence, do lots of visiting and eating, and have a good time. My day started early when I arrived at the courthouse to set up...
Amazing Grace and Willie Mae Graves
Willie Mae Graves and Irma Leal were fast friends. They spoke every day on the phone and had agreed that whoever died first should be buried with her cell phone so they could keep in touch. When Willie Mae died in 2018 and her daughter Sandra was seeing to it her...
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