by Alice Liles | Nov 2, 2018 | Bright Lights
In 1996 when Benny Douglass Stadium had metal seating installed in the stands, the original old press box was torn down and a new two-story one went up. For the next fourteen years that simple press box served the stadium and the football program well, but many...
by Alice Liles | Oct 29, 2018 | Bright Lights
When friend Jenice Williamson revealed she had never been to Santa Fe, New Mexico, well, nothing would do but that we fix that gap in her list of adventures. And we did. Have adventures, that is. I picked her up at the Lubbock airport on a Saturday and we headed out...
by Alice Liles | Oct 22, 2018 | Bright Lights
Bill and I had not been to Missouri before, so when I saw the Mid-States Cactus and Succulent Conference was to be held in St. Louis this past June, it seemed like a good way to see that part of the world and make a cactus meeting at the same time. So we went and took...
by Alice Liles | Oct 1, 2018 | Bright Lights
A common refrain starting many a conversation with Dr. Bruce Purdy these days goes something like this: “I hear you may be retiring soon. Anything to that?” The answer is always a no. Since 1977, Bruce Purdy has been treating patients, manning the rotating Muleshoe...
by Alice Liles | Sep 22, 2018 | Bright Lights
You’ve read the blog-which you are doing. Now own the book! Yes, I finally took the plunge, selected stories all about Muleshoe and put them in one handy, convenient place, a 209-page compilation filled with over 200 full-color photographs that accompany and...
by Alice Liles | Sep 15, 2018 | Bright Lights
I have an old wooden rocking chair, a family heirloom that I used to rock in with my Grandfather Drum. By the time it moved to Muleshoe with us in 1980, the springs had just about given way, the fabric was tattered, and it was time for an overhaul. I gathered it up...
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