by Alice Liles | Nov 11, 2023 | Bright Lights
What do parking spaces and school principals have in common? All the good ones are already taken. And Muleshoe High School took one of the best high school principals in the business, David Jenkins. In 2007 he retired from his principal’s position, which also...
by Alice Liles | Nov 9, 2023 | Bright Lights
Visiting the Fort Worth Stockyards at the Will Rogers Medallion Awards banquet was a fun side trip that made me want to know more about the history of the place. Here’s a short version of the business that gave Fort Worth the nickname Cowtown and a few pictures...
by Alice Liles | Oct 31, 2023 | Bright Lights
You might have read last week’s story about my book being honored with a Will Rogers Medallion Award. Some of you younger readers may have never heard of Will Rogers. He was born in 1879 and died in an airplane crash in 1935 at the age of 55. If you happen to be...
by Alice Liles | Oct 28, 2023 | Bright Lights
I traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, last weekend to receive a Will Rogers Medallion for my second book, Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole. I can now say I am an award-winning author. How cool is that! It was suggested to me by Natalie Bright, a 2022 medallion...
by Alice Liles | Oct 19, 2023 | Bright Lights
We moved to Muleshoe from Edna, Texas, a town about the size of Muleshoe on Highway 59 down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, about 570 miles southeast of Muleshoe.I taught language arts at the 5th and 6th grade school, Sam Houston Elementary, which, as it turns out, is no...
by Alice Liles | Oct 17, 2023 | Bright Lights
On October 15th, the last Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper was delivered to our house, thrown by carriers Junior and Lindsay Garcia. The paper will now come in the mail with news a day late, if we’re lucky. Probably more like two or three days late. This was...
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