by Alice Liles | Feb 9, 2021 | Bright Lights
The Muleshoe and surrounding Bailey County community gathered Sunday afternoon, February 7th, to pay homage to the service of LCpl Chad E. Bales with the dedication of a flag pole in his honor and memory. The son of Kem and Lori Bales, and a former junior English...
by Alice Liles | Jan 27, 2021 | Bright Lights
When I wrote about how nurses at Muleshoe Area Medical Center were dealing with COVID-19 (“Small Town Nurses and COVID-19”, January 19, 2021), I wondered if the pandemic is negatively affecting young people’s interest in entering the field of nursing and medicine. I...
by Alice Liles | Jan 22, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
My three Euphorbia milii plants, commonly called crown of thorns, have all been blooming lately. I have also heard this plant called the forever flower because it flowers off and on all year, not seasonally. That makes it a nice plant to have since it provides color...
by Alice Liles | Jan 19, 2021 | Bright Lights
I have written four other stories about how COVID-19 has changed the American way of life, most likely forever. I am aware of the toll the virus is taking on health care workers, doctors, and nurses all over America, but the focus has been on how hospitals and nurses...
by Alice Liles | Jan 18, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
I have written about Argyroderma roseum before, but A. testiculare is smaller and this particular group just outdid themselves blooming, so of course I had to share.You can see the bud forming in the one plant and the beginning bud coming out in the one next to...
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