Mike Jones was a Gentle Soul
Mike Jones passed away March 22; his funeral was March 29. I only knew Mike through our membership in the Muleshoe Art Association. I knew he liked art and cats, so we had those two things in common. But I came away from his service smiling and happy to have learned...
Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce calls Muleshoe their Hometown
The Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture held their annual banquet Saturday night, April 15, at the Desert Rose event center. The celebration of Muleshoe as Our Town was well attended and went something like this: Guests were given their table assignments as...
Egg Hunt at the Heritage Foundation
The Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture sponsored an Easter egg hunt at the Muleshoe Heritage Center Saturday. And I thought I was on time to see the rush for eggs, but boy, was I wrong! Egg hunts are over in mere minutes, so I should have gone early. I...
Muleshoe Art Association hosts Spring Art Show
The Muleshoe Art Association held its 2023 Spring Art Show April 3-7 at the Oneita Wagnon Senior Center in Muleshoe. Artists from Muleshoe, Brownfield, Portales, Sudan, Slaton, Spur, and Clovis entered 108 pieces of artwork in the show. Money prizes were awarded as...
Sandhill Cranes
If you have been outside this winter, you may have heard birds chatting above you in the sky. If you bothered to look up to see what was going on, you may have seen large birds gliding over scanning the ground for food and water. Perhaps you saw a long, thick gray...
Feed Your Appetite/Nourish Your Soul-Lunch Church Fellowship
Pete Christy talks to God often. One such conversation came with dinner at Cagle’s in Lubbock six years ago. Pete said he was having dinner when God told him, “You have all these men watching you on TV. Bring them to me.” And so Pete did. In January of 2017 Pete...
The King Family Leaves Its Mark
The King brothers, H.D. and Bob, didn’t arrive at the same time, but when they got here, they both got involved in the agricultural side of things in Muleshoe. Their endeavors had an impact on this farming town that are still evident today, and their families are...
Grandmother’s Tea Cookies
My Grandmother Drum was quite the cook. Long before I was born, she was cooking for an extended family in Olney, Texas. I was told some of Grandaddy’s family lived with them, and along with their three children, they had a houseful. I wish I had a picture of her...
A Vitamind to Live By
More times than I can count, I have watched this scenario: young males pushing through doors or walking down an aisle or sidewalk followed by a girl friend, sister, maybe even his mother, meekly following behind as best they can and obediently following him in to...
Cookie, Our Second Three-Legged Dog
We lost Mari In October 2021(“The Best Girl,” October 24, 2021). She had been with us since 2009 and came to our family missing a back leg. Colten brought her into the family. Cookie came to our house this September. Colten’s mother, Caroline, brought her into the...
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