Cylindropuntia Leptocaulis- a Christmas Cactus in the Cholla Family
I have talked about Cylindropuntia leptocaulis before, but this year mine is extra thick and loaded with its little yellow flowers, so I had to take more pictures to share in all its glory. I pruned it back in 2021, and it has come back nice and thick and really...
Memorial Day 2024
A good crowd gathered at the Bailey County Cemetery today, Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, to remember the fallen from all our American wars and conflicts. Raul Torres welcomed everyone to the service. Basil Nash, Eddie Alvarado, Joseph Carpenter, and Joel Cowart raised...
The Master of Minutiae
After forty years of teaching at Muleshoe High School and four at Midland High School, John Gulley, master teacher and trivia master extraordinaire, is calling it a day. April Smith, Val McCamish, and Principal Cindy Bessire organized a reception May 20 at the high...
Your Questions Answered about the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Expansion
The announcement was made the second week of April by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that a land protection plan of up to 700,000 acres of wildlife habitat along the Texas-New Mexico border as part of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge has been accepted....
The Busy Bungalow Caters to Busy Little Kids
Dani Heathington may have retired from education in 2022, but she can't seem to stay away from kids! She and her daughter Myndi Heinrich, who was an elementary teacher also, both had the same idea; little kids in Muleshoe could benefit from a meeting place, somewhere...
The Muleshoe Art Association’s Spring Show Winners
The Muleshoe Art Association hosted its spring art show the week of April 8-12, and some fine art work was on display at the Oneita Wagnon Senior Center. Margaret Hodgson from Lubbock judged one hundred and eleven entries in the show. Landscapes are her favorite...
The Eclipse was Much Ado About Nothing at My House!
I bought glasses so we could watch the eclipse, knowing we weren't in the total eclipse path, but still looking forward to the experience. I set up our lawn chairs in the back yard where no tree limbs would be in the way, watched the clock, and we were there, ready...
Now the Internet is Telling Me How Old I Am!
In looking at all the MSN stories about how we Southerners talk, now I am also seeing these things about what old people do. Yeah, I do some of them, and yeah, I am old! They don't have to tell me that. I feel like I am being made fun of for doing things that the...
People seem to think the South has its own Language
Lately on my MSN home page, or whatever it's called, they have had story after story about things we Southerners say that the rest of the world doesn't understand. This last one I saw was titled "Southern sayings that Northerners need a translator to understand." I...
Power Points, Bluebonnets and New Friends
l was invited by Sarah Ramos and Dr. Ray Buchanan to give another cactus presentation on February 27 in Marble Falls, this time to the Texas Tech OLLI Education Program-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which has an office in Marble Falls and Fredericksburg as well...
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