Good-bye to Peaches; 2004-2016

by | Jan 26, 2016 | Bright Lights

My posse is grieving the loss of our smallest member. Peaches died in my arms Saturday morning. Peaches was the most head-strong, independent, fearless little cat you would ever want to meet. From the day she showed up in the yard and announced herself to Bill and his...

My Posse

by | Jan 18, 2016 | Bright Lights

Celebrities have nothin’ on me. I am escorted everywhere I go by my posse. Mari, Porche, and Peaches are there -whether I need them or not. Mari has been my constant companion ever since she broke out of Caroline and Colten’s fence one day after joining the family and...

Cotton Now Comes in Rounds

by | Jan 11, 2016 | Bright Lights

During cotton-stripping time, these bright yellow bales starting popping up at the gins, outnumbering the conventional cotton modules we have all come to expect. Since I had written about the cotton modules earlier (“Cotton-Stripping Time in West Texas,” November 9,...

Goodbye to Poopie Cat; 1999-2015

by | Jan 4, 2016 | Bright Lights

Poopie came to live with us when Colten came to live with us so he could finish high school in Muleshoe. She had been a part of his life since he was five years old. Then when Colten left for college, I was his stand-in. So I felt like she was my cat, too. She was...

Got Snow?

by | Dec 28, 2015 | Bright Lights

Yes, yes we do! I think this little disturbance will go down in history as the Blizzard of 2015, the most snow and the worst storm we have had here since 1980. When it hit Saturday night around 6:30, thunder and lightning came with wind that blew in the 35-60 mph...