The Things I Keep
I came across a page I had torn out of an old Parade magazine from 2018 about the things we keep that hold memories for us. What We Keep: 150 People Share the One Object That Brings Them Joy, Magic, and Meaning, by Bill Shapiro and Naomi Wax was the subject of the...
My Second Book is Finally Published
I am pleased to announce that Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole is now available for purchase! After dealing with a few roadblocks, stories about Texas, Muleshoe, animals, and personal reflections are ready to be read. This book still has stories about Muleshoe,...
Career Fair at Muleshoe High School
Steven Butler, Student Services Coordinator at Muleshoe High School, wants students to be aware of all future career options available to them after graduation, so for the past five years he has organized a career fair at the high school. College or going straight...
Get a Leg Up
One time years ago when grandson Colten was younger and we were talking, somewhere in the conversation I made the comment that whatever it was we were talking about would give him a leg up. A leg up. What? He didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. So I explained...
Boo to you, too! Howl at the Mule was fun at the Heritage Center
The Muleshoe Heritage Foundation and the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture invited everyone to the Heritage Center Sunday night for fun, food, and a chance to dress up as someone or something else for the night. And did they ever! So many activities were...
Come Get a Peek at my New Book!
The Lubbock Book Festival sponsored by Literacy Lubbock will be Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16, at the Mahon Pubic Library, and I will be there! My second book is a work in progress right now, but I expect it to be ready before Christmas, and I want to give...
Bonfire 2022
Friday, September 9, 2022, will be homecoming at Muleshoe High School. For the past week, and maybe a few days more, we have watched a steady progression of city dump trucks rumble past our house full of branches, tree trunks, and occasional pieces of lumber...
Muleshoe CTA Welcomes New Teachers with Breakfast and Goody Bags
The Muleshoe chapter of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association continued their tradition of welcoming new teachers to the Muleshoe Independent School District with breakfast and goody bags filled with items donated by local businesses on Wednesday, August 3rd,...
Slightly Misworded Church Bulletins That Made Me Laugh
The three things that happened at the same time for us last week, “A Working Refrigerator, Nine New Windows, and an Old Dog Recuperating: Life is Good!”, put me in cleaning mode. So the time had come to tackle the filing cabinet drawers, among other things, that I had...
A Working Refrigerator, Nine New Windows, and a Recuperating Old Dog; Life is Good!
What’s that old saying about things happening in threes? Well, maybe it’s true. Remember that lovely hail storm we had on May 1st this year? We lost some windows and a skylight; Bill fixed the skylight, but we filed the claim with our insurance company and then met...
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