by Alice Liles | Oct 13, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I traveled to Fort Worth last weekend for the annual Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies (TACSS) fall seminar and wound up also enjoying the Fort Worth Botanical Garden, the private garden of Ross and Karen Floyd, and had a glimpse of how the big boys...
by Alice Liles | Sep 30, 2024 | Bright Lights
The Muleshoe Heritage Foundation came to be around 1985 when a group of Muleshoe HIgh School students rallied to save the Santa Fe Depot from being moved or demolished by the Santa Fe Railroad. The Depot was moved to the west end of town and as time went by, more...
by Alice Liles | Sep 26, 2024 | Bright Lights
We knew it was homecoming weekend because for the last couple of weeks, city dump trucks have been rumbling past our house with wood for the bonfire. So, today, Thursday, September 26, the road was all quiet. The bonfire was ready. We put out our Mules flag, which...
by Alice Liles | Sep 22, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I left Tuesday, September 17, for Edgewood, New Mexico, to give a cactus talk to the Santa Fe Cactus and Succulent Club. I stayed with Woody and Kathy Minnich at their home in Edgewood. Woody is an expert in the cactus world and grows and sells all kinds of cacti and...
by Alice Liles | Sep 10, 2024 | Bright Lights
A familiar sight for many years in Muleshoe was Francisco, “Frank,” Garcia, known as Panchito to many people, intrepidly peddling his bike all over town, rain or shine, snow or sun. Panchito passed away on August 29, 2024, in Plainview, and his bike has...
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