Scamp’s Dog House
When Carolyn Johnson and Royce Turner talked about getting married, Carolyn had had her dog Scamp since 2013. Royce had never had an indoor dog and dealt with cat and dog allergies. He liked Scamp, but just couldn't deal with having him in the house all the time....
If You Live in Muleshoe, You Might Know a Redwine
Heck, if you live in Muleshoe, you might be a Redwine! Whether by blood or marriage, they're everywhere! I know a couple of Redwines and found out I knew even more people that I didn't realize were Redwines when I started this story about the family. The Redwines in...
Cookie and the Christmas Decorations
Cookie came to live with us last year ("Cookie, Our Second Three-legged Dog," January 16, 2023. She was here, then, for last year's Christmas. The tree was a small one that went up on our early marriage antique round pedestal table; the presents were collected on two...
What Fun When the Ariocarpus Bloom!
I know I have shown you my ariocarpus before, but I have had several blooming, and they are just too pretty not to share. So, let's look at them again. All ariocarpus are native to Mexico and one, the Ariocarpus fissuratus, is also found predominantly in Texas, in a...
Oh, My! The Fun We had with Mr. Jenkins
What do parking spaces and school principals have in common? All the good ones are already taken. And Muleshoe High School took one of the best high school principals in the business, David Jenkins. In 2007 he retired from his principal's position, which also provided...
The Fort Worth Stockyards
Visiting the Fort Worth Stockyards at the Will Rogers Medallion Awards banquet was a fun side trip that made me want to know more about the history of the place. Here's a short version of the business that gave Fort Worth the nickname Cowtown and a few pictures I took...
A Quick Look at Will Rogers and One of his Best Quotes
You might have read last week's story about my book being honored with a Will Rogers Medallion Award. Some of you younger readers may have never heard of Will Rogers. He was born in 1879 and died in an airplane crash in 1935 at the age of 55. If you happen to be one...
A New Experience for Me- I Won a Book Award!
I traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, last weekend to receive a Will Rogers Medallion for my second book, Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole. I can now say I am an award-winning author. How cool is that! It was suggested to me by Natalie Bright, a 2022 medallion...
The Edna Class of 1983 Invited Me Back for a Reunion
We moved to Muleshoe from Edna, Texas, a town about the size of Muleshoe on Highway 59 down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, about 570 miles southeast of Muleshoe.I taught language arts at the 5th and 6th grade school, Sam Houston Elementary, which, as it turns out, is no...
Another Time-honored Tradition has Ended
On October 15th, the last Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper was delivered to our house, thrown by carriers Junior and Lindsay Garcia. The paper will now come in the mail with news a day late, if we're lucky. Probably more like two or three days late. This was the...
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