The Busy Bungalow Caters to Busy Little Kids

Dani Heathington may have retired from education in 2022, but she can't seem to stay away from kids! She and her daughter Myndi Heinrich, who was an elementary teacher also, both had the same idea; little kids in Muleshoe could benefit from a meeting place, somewhere...

Now the Internet is Telling Me How Old I Am!

In looking at all the MSN stories about how we Southerners talk, now I am also seeing  these things about what old people do. Yeah, I do some of them, and yeah, I am old! They don't have to tell me that. I feel like I am being made fun of for doing things that the...

Power Points, Bluebonnets and New Friends

l was invited by Sarah Ramos and Dr. Ray Buchanan to give another cactus presentation on February 27 in Marble Falls, this time to the Texas Tech OLLI Education Program-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which has an office in Marble Falls and Fredericksburg as well...

Glenn Miller’s Orchestra Still Swings

Bill and I enjoyed a night of big band swing dance music at the Buddy Holly Hall last night. The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra was in fine form. This was Bill's first visit to Buddy Holly Hall, so we arrived early, picked up my Will Call tickets, and checked the...

The Mayor of Needmore

Willie Lewis Shafer came to Bailey County in 1930, settled near what we now know as Needmore, and started farming with six teams of mules. He met Zeffa V. Stevenson on a blind date, and they were married in 1932. In 1937 Willie Lewis became manager of Needmore Co-Op...