Another Successful CTE Power Lunch

by | Mar 5, 2020 | Bright Lights

I enjoyed the CTE Power Lunch so much last year, visiting with the students and seeing what they are studying and how they are preparing for life after high school, I looked forward to going again this year. And I was not disappointed....

The Strange Story of Josh Blocher

by | Mar 3, 2020 | Bright Lights

In the old days, most everyone in Muleshoe and Bailey County probably knew about Josh Blocher and his quest to make Progress the most successful town in Bailey County. They also had heard tales of the money he was said to hoard and bury around his house, tales others...

The UHV Article about the Book

by | Feb 5, 2020 | Bright Lights

I earned my Master of Education from University of Houston Victoria in 1980 before we moved to Muleshoe. Recently I was contacted by Victoria Hudgeons asking to interview me for a story about The Bright Lights of Muleshoe for the UHV website Newsroom which follows up...

The Saddle Maker and the Plier Scabbard

by | Jan 31, 2020 | Bright Lights

When we moved to Muleshoe in 1980, I joined Beta Sigma Phi sorority. At that time the sorority’s big fundraiser was a community bingo night. Sorority members visited local businesses requesting items to be donated for the bingo prizes. One of the merchants on my list...

Close Encounters of the Wildlife Kind

by | Jan 24, 2020 | Bright Lights

We had a visit from a possum last night,  those much-maligned marsupials that look like a large rodent with thin hair. This is not the first time they have visited, of course. A few years ago, two little babies played possum in the fern bed as I routed the dogs away...