by Alice Liles | Jul 7, 2024 | Bright Lights
The 4th of July dawned nice and hot. No surprise. Bill and I were up before dawn to load succulent dish gardens, pecans, and copies of my books to sell at the market during all the 4th activities. We were all set up with no problems and ready for visitors. Many food...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Alice Liles | Jun 21, 2024 | Bright Lights
I have talked about Cylindropuntia leptocaulis before, but this year  mine is extra thick and loaded with its little yellow flowers, so I had to take more pictures to share in all its glory. I pruned it back in 2021, and it has come back nice and thick and really...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Alice Liles | May 27, 2024 | Bright Lights
A good crowd gathered at the Bailey County Cemetery today, Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, to remember the fallen from all our American wars and conflicts. Raul Torres welcomed everyone to the service. Basil Nash, Eddie Alvarado, Joseph Carpenter, and Joel Cowart raised...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Alice Liles | May 26, 2024 | Bright Lights
After forty years of teaching at Muleshoe High School and four at Midland High School, John Gulley, master teacher and trivia master extraordinaire, is calling it a day. April Smith, Val McCamish, and Principal Cindy Bessire organized a reception May 20 at the high...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Alice Liles | May 12, 2024 | Bright Lights
The announcement was made the second week of April by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that a land protection plan of up to 700,000 acres of wildlife habitat along the Texas-New Mexico border as part of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge has been accepted....				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Alice Liles | Apr 27, 2024 | Bright Lights
Dani Heathington may have retired from education in 2022, but she can’t seem to stay away from kids! She and her daughter Myndi Heinrich, who was an elementary teacher also, both had the same idea; little kids in Muleshoe could benefit from a meeting place,...				
					
						 
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