Bonfire 2022
Friday, September 9, 2022, will be homecoming at Muleshoe High School. For the past week, and maybe a few days more, we have watched a steady progression of city dump trucks rumble past our house full of branches, tree trunks, and occasional pieces of lumber...
Muleshoe CTA Welcomes New Teachers with Breakfast and Goody Bags
The Muleshoe chapter of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association continued their tradition of welcoming new teachers to the Muleshoe Independent School District with breakfast and goody bags filled with items donated by local businesses on Wednesday, August 3rd,...
Slightly Misworded Church Bulletins That Made Me Laugh
The three things that happened at the same time for us last week, “A Working Refrigerator, Nine New Windows, and an Old Dog Recuperating: Life is Good!”, put me in cleaning mode. So the time had come to tackle the filing cabinet drawers, among other things, that I had...
A Working Refrigerator, Nine New Windows, and a Recuperating Old Dog; Life is Good!
What’s that old saying about things happening in threes? Well, maybe it’s true. Remember that lovely hail storm we had on May 1st this year? We lost some windows and a skylight; Bill fixed the skylight, but we filed the claim with our insurance company and then met...
A Visit to the Lavender Farm
The Lavender Farm in Shallowater had their seasonal grand opening June 25th, so Sheila and I decided to take a road trip to see rows of lavender without having to travel to the Mediterranean. And when I say road trip, it was more like a scavenger hunt because the map...
We Celebrated July 4th on July 2nd
Muleshoe chose to enjoy the Fourth of July on the second of July this year. And that’s okay; we had a great long parade, lots of vendors, lots of activities, and a really nice fireworks display that night. I was asked to judge the floats in the parade along with...
Did You Watch the Moon Eclipse?
We had a lunar eclipse Sunday, May 15, a blood moon eclipse. It is called that because the moon is supposed to turn red. An eclipse, as I suspect you already know, is when the earth comes between the moon and sun, blocking direct sunlight from reaching the moon....
Ben Graduates Early!
In the last two years I have had the pleasure of attending four very different high school graduation exercises, three for grandchildren, and one for a former student’s daughter. Two were fashioned to accommodate Covid, one of those for a large school with 237...
I was Invited to the Lazbuddie Commencement Exercises
I had the pleasure of attending the graduation exercises of Catalina Sanchez at the Lazbuddie ISD auditorium on May 27th. Catalina is the daughter of Rosemary Franco Sellers, a former student of mine, so I was pleased to be included in the circle of life in relation...
The Chamber Banquet was a Bit Different this Year
Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture manager Brittany Pendley and her directors decided to change things up a bit this year at the annual chamber banquet. Several comments that surfaced from a survey after the last banquet mentioned not having the usual...
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