Bluebonnets, Paint Brushes, and Galardias,Oh My!
Every few years the stars align, the weather gods comply, and the wild flowers in the Hill Country just go crazy. This was one of those years. The Adrians joined us and we took off Friday to see the show. And it was spectacular. We wandered around the Burnet/Llano...
Mules Hit the Links for Regional Golf
Our grandson, Colten, played golf this year, and the team won district, which qualified them to travel to Odessa for the regional tournament. Being retired allowed us to go watch, which we didn't get to do when his mother was on the golf team, so we did. Bo, Colten,...
The Rocket Man Still Rocks
I have seen Elton John in concert three previous times: 1995 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden with Billy Joel in the Face to Face Tour; 1998 at the Erwin Center in Austin in the Big Picture Tour; 2000 in Lubbock in the newly completed United...
The Three Main Topics
Back when we lived in Edna and I was teaching 6th grade language arts and coaching junior high girls (see my Archives: "The bright lights of Muleshoe are shining like diamonds...," September 4, 2009) several of us carpooled the drive to Victoria to work on our...
Spring Snuck in Overnight-or Did It?
The grass was still brown, the trees for the most part were bare, the temperature still dropped to the low 30s at night, and in general things still seemed dreary and dead. Then I walked out into the big cactus garden and a bright mound of pink caught my...
Country Mice Take on the City
Hellen and I made the drive to Dallas last Friday for the wedding of Tyrel Gear, former student and family friend. Now Hellen has navigated parts of Dallas more than I have, and we have not been afraid, individually or with others, to tackle other major cities,...
The Sofa Cat
It was homecoming week, September 17, 2002. The high school building was wide open that evening with kids and teachers wandering aimlessly, some actually working, to decorate the halls for spirit contests for the upcoming football game. The next morning...
Jesse Leal 1930-2009
Leal's Mexican Restaurant is one of Muleshoe's main claims to fame, a busy little place that started out as a convenient stop on the east end of American Boulevard in the 50s for green-card holding braceros to grab lunch, became a meeting place for the men in the...
Skunks and Colds
The highlights of our week have been that Mari Dog encountered her first skunk, and Bill had a cold which he graciously passed on to me. I was sitting at this desk paying bills Wednesday night and was vaguely aware of an unpleasant smell. When it hit me that it was a...
Grandmother’s Buffet
My maternal grandmother, Carrie Tate, with whom I spent many a summer and lots of family holidays in Olney, Texas, had this piece of furniture, a great big dining room buffet, that ran the length of one whole wall and was strategically located to be handy for...
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