Mules Bonfire 2024
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...
Panchito and his Bike
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 been laid to...
It Must Be Time for Football-Meet the Mules!
Monday night signaled the beginning of football for the Muleshoe Mules. Meet the Mules was held in the gym this year, what with it being 100 degrees outside and the fact that last year's Meet the Mules was almost ruined by a thunderstorm. Athletic director and head...
Muleshoe Classroom Teachers Association Welcomes New Teachers
Muleshoe Classroom Teachers Association welcomed MISD's new teachers with their annual breakfast and goodie bags Friday morning, August 2nd. Thirty-one local businesses donated items for the bags to help the new hires learn about the Muleshoe business community and...
And Now, the Johnson Grass Story
If you read about the Redwines, you might remember Nelda Redwine Hunt saying that the joke used to be that the Redwines, the Blacks, and Johnson Grass were going take over Bailey County. I wrote about the Redwines, then the Blacks, so now it seems only fair that I...
The 4th of July in the Shoe, 2024
The 4th of July dawned nice and hot. No surprise. Bill and I were up before dawn to load succulent dish gardens, pecans, and copies of my books to sell at the market during all the 4th activities. We were all set up with no problems and ready for visitors. Many food...
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....
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