AJ Earns His Master’s Degree
We had the pleasure on August 3rd of watching our son AJ walk across the stage at Riverbend Center in Austin to receive his Master of Education degree from Concordia University. He earned this degree while teaching elementary physical education for the Dell...
Mari Goes to Aggieland
Today marks the end of week one after Mari’s trip to Aggieland and the Texas A&M vet school where she received top of the line orthopedic surgery to repair the ACL and meniscus in her one hind leg that was about to go out on her. And this begins week two of our...
A Closet of One’s Own
I am now the proud inhabitant of a honkin’ big new closet. A 10 x 16 foot addition to one end of the house, to be exact. And yes, I am aware: if I need a bigger closet, then I no doubt have too much stuff. But more on that subject in a minute. We took down the brick...
Memories and a Coffee Can
Amid the odds and ends that are my sewing supplies is an old steel coffee can full of buttons that I can remember being around forever. It may have belonged to my grandmother, but considering that the Duncan Coffee Company began in Houston, and we lived near Houston...
Thinking About Seeing “Before Midnight?” Don’t Bother
Movie review time. I finally make it to the movie, and wouldn’t know know it- boring beyond belief. I saw this overrated, self-absorbed, talkathon called Before Midnight when I went to the cactus convention in Austin, so it has been nearly a month since I...
Porche-Dog Update
I should have said Destructo Dog the Second. When Mari came to live with us, she earned that designation with her penchant for chewing things. Porche is no slouch in that department, either. And I will get back to that in a minute. Let me remind you that Porche came...
So is it Bass Fiddle or What?
During the closing banquet at the cactus convention I attended last week (“Cactus Convention Field Trip to Westcave Preserve,” June 27, 2013) musical entertainment was provided by Dave Madden. My table was right up front by the three-piece combo, and I was delighted...
Cactus Convention Field Trip to Westcave Preserve
Last week I attended the 35th Biennial CSSA (Cactus and Succulent Society of America) Convention in Austin. Besides the plant sales and informative presentations by international cactus experts, one day was devoted to field trips to area destinations deemed of...
Muleshoe Does Relay For Life
Friday, June 7, was Muleshoe’s night to do Relay for Life, a nation-wide, major funding event for the American Cancer Society. Not having been before, I decided to check it out. The program was held at the Bailey County Civic Center this year, which turned out to be a...
And Now, The Last Hurrah
Pomp and circumstance. Pride and commitment. All were on display at Muleshoe High School commencement exercises May 31st. The speeches were made; the diplomas were awarded; the caps were thrown. What a night! I don’t know what graduation is like at big schools. My...
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