E.T. Ford Celebrates 90 Years

E.T. Ford Celebrates 90 Years

by | Jan 12, 2011 | Bright Lights

Thirty years ago when we moved to Muleshoe we bought land for our house from E.T. Ford. On January First  E.T. celebrated his 90th birthday. He was actually born at 2 pm on January 2, 1921, five miles northeast of Boyd, Texas, but New Year’s Day seemed a fitting day...

Doing the Dishes is a Lost Art

by | Jan 6, 2011 | Bright Lights

If you read last week, you know we are having some remodeling done to our house. I packed all the wrong things, like a pie pan I use to make cornbread to go with the black-eyed peas we Southerners traditionally eat for good luck on New Year’s Day. So I will just...