by admin | Apr 8, 2010 | Bright Lights
Back when we lived in Edna and I was teaching 6th grade language arts and coaching junior high girls (see my Archives: “The bright lights of Muleshoe are shining like diamonds…,” September 4, 2009) several of us carpooled the drive to Victoria to...
by admin | Apr 1, 2010 | Bright Lights
The grass was still brown, the trees for the most part were bare, the temperature still dropped to the low 30s at night, and in general things still seemed dreary and dead. Then I walked out into the big cactus garden and a bright mound of pink caught my...
by admin | Mar 25, 2010 | Bright Lights
Hellen and I made the drive to Dallas last Friday for the wedding of Tyrel Gear, former student and family friend. Now Hellen has navigated parts of Dallas more than I have, and we have not been afraid, individually or with others, to tackle other major cities,...
by admin | Mar 18, 2010 | Bright Lights
It was homecoming week, September 17, 2002. The high school building was wide open that evening with kids and teachers wandering aimlessly, some actually working, to decorate the halls for spirit contests for the upcoming football game. The next morning...
by admin | Mar 11, 2010 | Bright Lights
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...
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