What Fun When the Ariocarpus Bloom!

I know I have shown you my ariocarpus before, but I have had several blooming, and they are just too pretty not to share. So, let's look at them again. All ariocarpus are native to Mexico and one, the Ariocarpus fissuratus, is also found predominantly in Texas, in a...

Oh, My! The Fun We had with Mr. Jenkins

What do parking spaces and school principals have in common? All the good ones are already taken. And Muleshoe High School took one of the best high school principals in the business, David Jenkins. In 2007 he retired from his principal's position, which also provided...

The Fort Worth Stockyards

Visiting the Fort Worth Stockyards at the Will Rogers Medallion Awards banquet was a fun side trip that made me want to know more about the history of the place. Here's a short version of the business that gave Fort Worth the nickname Cowtown and a few pictures I took...

A New Experience for Me- I Won a Book Award!

I traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, last weekend to receive a Will Rogers Medallion for my second book, Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole. I can now say I am an award-winning author. How cool is that! It was suggested to me  by Natalie Bright, a 2022 medallion...

The Edna Class of 1983 Invited Me Back for a Reunion

We moved to Muleshoe from Edna, Texas, a town about the size of Muleshoe on Highway 59 down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, about 570 miles southeast of Muleshoe.I taught language arts at the 5th and 6th grade school, Sam Houston Elementary, which, as it turns out, is no...

Another Time-honored Tradition has Ended

On October 15th, the last Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper was delivered to our house, thrown by carriers Junior and Lindsay Garcia. The paper will now come in the mail with news a day late, if we're lucky. Probably more like two or three days late. This was the...

Drimiopsis Saundersiae is a Neat Little Plant

I bought this little Drimiopsis saundersiae Sunny Smile in 2019 at a Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies seminar. It was considerably different from anything else in my collection, so of course, I had to have it. Drimiopsis saundersiae is native to...

Everyone needs a little Rhapsody in Blue

Sheila and I attended the Rhapsodies concert at the Buddy Holly Hall Friday night, and it was a fun experience. And I got to hear my favorite Gershwin selection, "Rhapsody in Blue." The concert included three selections, Peter Boyler's "Rhapsody in Red, White, and...

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