by admin | Jul 6, 2026 | Bright Lights
The year 1976 was the Bicentennial of the United States. It was also the year that Betty Harlan and a group women called Women for Texas Cotton from the Bula, Texas, area traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby for the current farm bill. I’m not sure if the farm...
by Alice Liles | May 9, 2026 | Bright Lights
The Boston Marathon began in 1897 with fifteen entrants. The 2026 Boston Marathon had 29,020 entrants, and Jaimie Davis ran with them. What a deal! This is her story. Jaimie Diaz , daughter of Harold and Dawn Diaz, grew up in Farwell where she ran track and played...
by Alice Liles | Apr 1, 2026 | Bright Lights
When I started teaching in Muleshoe at Watson Junior High, I joined Texas Classroom Teachers Association. Dorothy Beddingfield, who taught social studies at the junior high, was also a member of TCTA. Sometime during my first year or two here, she suggested, more...
by Alice Liles | Mar 27, 2026 | Bright Lights
Avery Cantu, Muleshoe High School junior, has been bending, twisting, and lifting for me while I recover from my recent back surgery. She has also been squatting, bench pressing, and deadlifting her way to the Texas High School Powerlifting Association’s state...
by Alice Liles | Feb 6, 2026 | Bright Lights
If you read the blog about the thousand-piece puzzle that was eating my lunch, I said I would let you know if and when I finished it. Well, at 12:06 p.m. Sunday, February 3, after church, I put the last piece in place! And it only took, what, two months and a week?...
by Alice Liles | Feb 1, 2026 | Bright Lights
It was frosty cold Friday night, January 30, but warm and inviting at the Muleshoe Desert Rose for the annual Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture banquet. Entertainment was provided by Matthew Ancira from Farwell and a lovely meal of salad, prime rib, mashed...
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