Jesse Leal 1930-2009
Leal's Mexican Restaurant is one of Muleshoe's main claims to fame, a busy little place that started out as a convenient stop on the east end of American Boulevard in the 50s for green-card holding braceros to grab lunch, became a meeting place for the men in the...
Skunks and Colds
The highlights of our week have been that Mari Dog encountered her first skunk, and Bill had a cold which he graciously passed on to me. I was sitting at this desk paying bills Wednesday night and was vaguely aware of an unpleasant smell. When it hit me that it was a...
Grandmother’s Buffet
My maternal grandmother, Carrie Tate, with whom I spent many a summer and lots of family holidays in Olney, Texas, had this piece of furniture, a great big dining room buffet, that ran the length of one whole wall and was strategically located to be handy for...
Our Thirty-Year-Old Ice Box
I don't know about your spring cleaning procedures, but in my house spring cleaning is erratic at best, non-existent more often than not. Which is not to say I have a dirty house; it may not be the cleanest every single day, but it is certainly not the dirtiest....
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