Déjà Vu at the Art Show

Déjà Vu at the Art Show

The Muleshoe Art Association held their annual spring show on April 6. I had never been to one of their shows, so I decided this would be the one. Off I went to Muleshoe State Bank’s meeting room, where the show is always held, and was impressed with what I saw, and...

Our Version of the Masters

Our Version of the Masters

Muleshoe golf team: Tyson Turnbow, senior; Beau Avila, junior;  Colten Harris, sophomore;  Jonathan Perez, senior; and Mateo Castillo, junior. We spent the day yesterday, April 19, watching the Mules golf team take 6th place at the regional tournament in...

Loreda and the T-shirt Quilts

Loreda and the T-shirt Quilts

A while back I had the bright idea to make a quilt out of all those T-shirts I just had to have as souvenirs and mementoes and which were taking up huge amounts of space in my closets and drawers. I had seen a kit advertised in the newspaper for doing just that, so I...

Benny Pena 1928-2011

We said goodbye to a classic cowboy Saturday. Benny was 83 years old and had spent all of those years working cattle, riding horses, and helping people. When I say all those years, I mean literally all those years, as he started out life on horseback as a baby,...

George, Reba, and Lee Ann Sing for Us

We attended a modern county music lover’s dream concert last Saturday night in Lubbock at Texas Tech’s United Spirit Arena. Lee Ann Womack opened the concert, followed by Reba McEntire, and ending with George Strait. What a deal! The day tickets went on sale I had...

The Cedar Posts Story

The Cedar Posts Story

  Conventional wisdom claims  that no good deed goes unpunished. I offer this situation for your consideration. We spent part of Spring Break at Lake LBJ in the heart of the Hill Country and offered to bring back cedar posts for our son-in-law to build a new...

In Praise of Skilled Craftsmen

In Praise of Skilled Craftsmen

Ray and Alex came to install the new sink and faucet the other day. I watched as they figured out what went where and worked out all the kinks in a job that looked incomprehensible to me. These are the same men, remember, who moved a wall, rebuilt a closet, put up...

Stinky Dog

Stinky Dog

On Friends Phoebe sang about Smelly Cat. Well, now we talk about  Stinky Dog, a.k.a. the Skunkanator.  Little Miss Destructo Dog   has confronted a skunk not once, or twice, but three times now, the last two within two weeks of each other, and I...

Remodeling is Done; Divorce Didn’t Happen

Remodeling is Done; Divorce Didn’t Happen

Well, we made it through without having to consult a lawyer! Forty-one days later, give or take a few days for packing up, unpacking, and re-hanging pictures, and we now have a fresh, clean, new look to the heart of the house. And Bill likes it more than he thought he...

Olabelle and the Muleshoe Library

Olabelle and the Muleshoe Library

If you read last week about Magann Rennels (Need An Answer? Ask Magann), you know her mother was an interesting person with a story worth telling and who has also made a lasting contribution to Muleshoe. Olabelle’s family originated in deep East Texas in the town of...