Remember Our Fallen Heroes Comes to Muleshoe

by | Feb 20, 2019 | Bright Lights

Ellis Funeral Home is celebrating sixty years of service this year. As a way of honoring Muleshoe and the surrounding community they have come to know for those sixty years, they hosted the Remember Our Fallen Heroes from Texas exhibit this  past Presidents Day...

Soul Stew for Valentine’s Day

by | Feb 17, 2019 | Bright Lights

First United Methodist Church in Muleshoe celebrated Valentine’s Day this year with delivery of valentine bags filled with goodies as a way of spreading cheer to people we thought might enjoy a bright spot in their day. Preparations began Wednesday, the night before...

Carl and the Bamert Seed Story

by | Feb 9, 2019 | Bright Lights

Carl and Cookie Bamert married in Las Cruces, New Mexico, spent part of their honeymoon at the Elite Hotel in Clovis, liked what they saw across the state line around Muleshoe, bought some land, and never looked back....

My Fifteen Minutes of Fame at the Book Signing!

by | Jan 31, 2019 | Bright Lights

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of hosting a book signing for The Bright Lights of Muleshoe at the Barnes and Noble store located in the South Plains Mall in Lubbock, Texas. The store’s Community Business Development Manager, Terry Handley, worked with me to organize...

The Surprise in the Elm Tree

by | Jan 3, 2019 | Bright Lights

Porche Dog just had a fit a couple of weeks ago one night barking at something out in the pasture. This is not unusual, as she takes her guard dog duties very seriously and warns us of unwanted or unexpected visitors, but her insistence that something was out there...

The Country Schools That Time Took Away

by | Dec 29, 2018 | Bright Lights

I don’t know how often this is the case with counties in Texas, but Bailey County has only one incorporated city within its borders-Muleshoe. Incorporated cities will surely have at least one school or school district, I would think. Don’t care to research that topic,...