Eddie the Eagle

by | Mar 10, 2016 | Bright Lights

Movies that make the money these days seem to be the darkest, dystopian, gloom and doom, comic book hero nightmares Hollywood can think up. Or, they are heavy on the message, fraught with serious acting, or had a bazillion dollars spent on special effects and state of...

The Quintessential Peanut Butter Sandwich

by | Mar 1, 2016 | Bright Lights

Back when I went to college, everyone was required to take a speech class as a freshman. Not a bad idea, but that’s another story. Anyway, I was having trouble getting into a topic for my final speech, which needed to be Oscar-worthy, and out of frustration I decided...

Meet Miss Siam

by | Feb 24, 2016 | Bright Lights

After we lost Sophie, Poopie, and the Peaches within five months of each other, it was as if we were being punished. All good cats do go to heaven, I am just sure, so I guess there were some positions to fill up there. But it hurt. We didn’t look for replacements...

A Bird’s Eye View

by | Feb 16, 2016 | Bright Lights

When I served as president of the Muleshoe Classroom Teachers Association, way back last century, I used to keep members informed and up to date with a monthly newsletter. Besides TCTA (Texas Classroom Teachers Association) news and local information, I always seem to...

The Revenant

by | Feb 9, 2016 | Bright Lights

Oscar time is upon us again, The Revenant being one of the front-runners this year. AJ and I went to see it the other day on $5 movie night, and I am really glad it only cost us $5! To begin with, the whole movie was cold and gray. And white. Snow everywhere. And the...