The Resourceful Reyes Family
I visited with former student Hector Reyes and his family the other day. Hector runs a general construction business; his wife Angela is a first grade bi-lingual teacher at Dillman Elementary. They have four adult children and three younger ones at home. They also...
San Francisco, the Surf Motel, and the Wake-Up Call
When Caroline graduated from Muleshoe High School in 1988, her dad suggested we take a celebratory graduation trip to San Francisco. I have forgotten many of the details after all these years, and my photography skills and choices of shots were a work in progress back...
Welcome to Your Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
I suspect we all drive by the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s office located in the Hugh Earl Young Visitors Center every day, but know very little about what the Chamber of Commerce does or why it even exists. I thought it would behoove us to know more...
We Will Miss Teresa at the Post Office
Teresa was a familiar face for me at the post office for a long time. But she won’t be there any more, as she retired last week after twenty-nine years of service with USPS. Really? Has it been that long?...
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...
Muleshoe’s Uncle Sam
For as long as I can remember, Uncle Sam stood watch and welcomed visitors to Muleshoe and the Art Loft. After the Art Loft ceased to be, Uncle Sam continued his vigil on American Boulevard. But you may have recently noticed that Uncle Sam is gone! Over time as Uncle...
A Christmas Nativity Memory
Boxes full of Christmas decorations came out of storage after Thanksgiving, and the process of creating holiday twinkle and shine commenced. I dug through one box and took out a Christmas memory that hasn’t missed many Christmases, my very plain, plastic, worn-out...
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