by Alice Liles | Jan 31, 2023 | Bright Lights
My Grandmother Drum was quite the cook. Long before I was born, she was cooking for an extended family in Olney, Texas. I was told some of Grandaddy’s family lived with them, and along with their three children, they had a houseful. I wish I had a picture of her...
by Alice Liles | Jan 27, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool
I wrote about my Leuchtenbergia principis back in 2014 and 2021. It had just bloomed. When I researched it, I found that it is the sole species of its genus and there is nothing else quite like it. I have a larger one that bloomed, but I also have this small one...
by Alice Liles | Jan 23, 2023 | Bright Lights
More times than I can count, I have watched this scenario: young males pushing through doors or walking down an aisle or sidewalk followed by a girl friend, sister, maybe even his mother, meekly following behind as best they can and obediently following him in to...
by Alice Liles | Jan 19, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool
January in Muleshoe doesn’t lend itself to much color other than brown. Brown grass, brown dirt, brown tumbleweeds, leafless trees; if the wind is blowing, which is often, dusty brown air. Winter up here isn’t very colorful anyway, and the drought hasn’t helped. But I...
by Alice Liles | Jan 16, 2023 | Bright Lights
We lost Mari In October 2021(“The Best Girl,” October 24, 2021). She had been with us since 2009 and came to our family missing a back leg. Colten brought her into the family. Cookie came to our house this September. Colten’s mother, Caroline, brought her into the...
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