I Now Have my Own Publishing Company!

I’m excited! The Bright Lights of Muleshoe is now available on line at Amazon and published by my very own company, Samba Jo Publishing. The book is available in paperback and an eBook version will be coming soon. The book is available at this link on Amazon:...

Marshall and Helen

On most Sundays at First Methodist Church in Muleshoe, I sing along with the organ music played by Marshall Cook. The same hands that play that organ hand-crafted the communion table that holds the elements of the Last Supper when I take communion. And that’s not all...

Cowgirl Things

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawn to horses. I don’t know that I can even explain what the attraction is. That they are beautiful goes without saying. Their strength is obvious. Their intelligence is sometimes overlooked.  Riding, for me, was being one with...

The Coca-Cola Dolly

The only memento from my daddy’s shop that I had the foresight to keep is a cast-aluminum loading dolly  I do so wish I had kept a few more things, like the squatty aluminum Igloo-brand water cooler that always held ice water for Frank, George, Bob, and Daddy, and...