The Teenage Waste Land, I Mean, Room
I opened the Life section of the paper the other day to this headline: “Cute, Creative; Decorators give advice for personalizing kids’ rooms.” Really? Like they are going to need any help making it their own? Now, I will have to admit that the article was...
Mules 41-Slaton 12
We were unable to make this game, but I know that the wind blew and the Mules prevailed and beat Slaton last night, 41-12. We listened to the game via Channel 6, so between that and the stats in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, I can tell you that Isaac Baca...
Cactus and Kerrville
I traveled to the Hill Country this past weekend to visit friends and attend the Texas Association of Cactus & Succulent Societies 2011 Fall Seminar. And to buy more cactus that I don’t need but want. That’s what a collection is all about, right, adding to it?...
Mules 41- Bushland 7
The first chilly night for a ball game, and I am out of town! But my expert armchair quarterback took notes for me and through the magic of cell phones I was given a first hand report to share with you. Sort of. The short version. Jr. Baca scored first, followed by...
More Tales From School
Well, sure enough, after the last Tales from School, I did think of more things that made me smile at school. Where to start? How about the time I had the Burmese python visit my leadership class? We got to talking about things that some of the kids had never done,...
Mules 26-Roosevelt 13
Another great night for football; another win for the Mules. I traveled to the far side of Lubbock all by myself, as Bill had to be gone, and Colten went with one of his friends-imagine that, a 17-year old choosing a 17-year old friend over his grandmother! But...
Tales From School
Funny stuff happens in classrooms and schools everywhere every year. Teachers fail to write down those funny things everywhere every year. I’m one of those teachers. We foolishly think we will remember all those funny stories. And of course we don’t. But I was able to...
I Wish I’d Said That
I am still dealing with boxes of stuff packed away for the house remodeling and then boxes left over from the garage sale. Last night I was sorting through yet one more of those boxes and came across a little book titled The Quotable Woman. All progress stopped as I...
Mules 63-Andrews 34
Fall weather finally kicked in, homecoming was celebrated, and Muleshoe and Andrews traded touchdowns to the obnoxious blarings of air horns on steroids to a 63-34 finale. These stupid air horns had a heyday, what with all the scoring giving them way too many...
You Might Live in a Small West Texas Town…
I suspect you are familiar with Jeff Foxworthy's You might be a Redneck comedy routine, and now he has taken it a step further with You may live in Texas, which it was forwarded to me in an email recently. I could relate to all of his scenarios, but a few really hit...
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