Tumbleweeds from Hell
If Ben Franklin once said that guests and fish begin to smell after three days, I think he would say our tumbleweeds are smelling like beached whales. The wind blew with a vengeance from the southeast all day Thursday, April 20th, wreaking havoc in our pasture and on...
Muleshoe Art Association’s Spring Show for 2018
Not only is the wind telling us it is spring in West Texas, the Muleshoe Art Association hosted their annual spring art show April 9th through the 13th at AimBank in Muleshoe. Eighty-six pieces of art were entered, and judge Mike Lafleur from Amarillo had his work cut...
Need a Game of Dominoes? Try the Senior Center
Every week day afternoon, and maybe some mornings, dominoes is the game of choice at the senior citizens center at the corner of Main and Avenue D in Muleshoe. Bob Graves, Butch Vandiver, Buddy Embry, Cyrus Dale, Kenneth Henry, Ray Precure, Gene Paul Jarman, Richard...
Muleshoe Art Association
I think it was in 2014, 2013 maybe, that I joined the Muleshoe Art Association. I don’t paint, but photography is considered an art form these days, so I joined and also entered their annual spring art show. This year that show will be held the week of April 9th at...
TCTA’s 2018 Annual Meeting
Caroline invited me to attend this year’s TCTA annual meeting in Austin with her. She would be serving as a district director from District 16, and I would be sitting in the visitor’s section observing. I was looking forward to it. The meeting was set for Friday,...
The Great Newspaper Sting
One of the first stories I heard when we moved to Muleshoe is this classic I am about to share with you. Old-timers are probably already smiling, because I suspect my title gave it away. In fact, everyone I approached asking for more information about it knew exactly...
Dr. Jerry Gleason, DVM
In 1979 First Bank of Muleshoe installed the latest innovation in banking, a drive-through station with vacuum tubes to transport deposits from the customer’s vehicle into the bank teller’s hands. We are all pretty familiar with these conveniences now, but they were...
Road Trip-A 1,064 Mile Loop
The alpaca rugs I ordered from Ingrid’s in Paint Rock were ready. I was overdue for a visit with childhood friend Carol Sue who lives in Dallas, as well as spending some time with my aunt Loreda in Graham. I had wanted to see friend Shari at Spicewood as well and...
Now Playing at Your Local United- The Birds!
I have been fascinated by the grackles who have chosen the trees at United for their winter roosting site. This is not an advertisement for United, by the way; that just happens to be where I do my grocery shopping, which means I see those birds when I go to the...
Love as Strong as a Horse
I was ten and my sister Louise, or Weesie as I called her when I was learning to talk, was sixteen when she died in 1957. She was diagnosed with leukemia in September and died the following April. My parents were devastated, as parents would be, but mine had a love...
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