by Alice Liles | Mar 22, 2016 | Bright Lights
Driving home from Lubbock the other day I had to smile when Tone Loc sang about doin’ the wild thing on the radio because it took me back to the classroom and the first time I heard that song. I thought I’d share that story-and then I had a vague feeling I had already...
by Alice Liles | Mar 18, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I happened upon this rusty card file box at Mason Country Collectibles, a primo junk/antique store in Mason, Texas. I saw possibilities for using it as a planting container. The price was right, so I bought it. The weather finally agreed to be nice, so I planted it...
by Alice Liles | Mar 14, 2016 | Bright Lights
Dr. William Wallace, who inherited and owned the Janes Ranch House that we lived in briefly when we moved to Muleshoe, and which was moved into and became the centerpiece of the Muleshoe Heritage Foundation’s historic collection of structures, died last year. This...
by Alice Liles | Mar 12, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Euphorbia myrsinites is of the spurge family and generally considered a weed. Unless you are a cactus and succulent collector, in which case you tend to add them to your collection. Well, this is actually the only spurge I have and probably the only one I want. But it...
by Alice Liles | Mar 10, 2016 | Bright Lights
Movies that make the money these days seem to be the darkest, dystopian, gloom and doom, comic book hero nightmares Hollywood can think up. Or, they are heavy on the message, fraught with serious acting, or had a bazillion dollars spent on special effects and state of...
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