The Edna Class of 1983 Invited Me Back for a Reunion
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...
Another Time-honored Tradition has Ended
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 the...
Update on the Big Building, the Dani Heathington Activity Center
I checked out the progress on the Dani Heathington Activity Center recently. Much has changed since my hard hat tour ("A Hard Hat Tour of the Dani Heathington Activity Center," July 31, 2023) , but it is still not ready for the official open house. Invariably with...
Drimiopsis Saundersiae is a Neat Little Plant
I bought this little Drimiopsis saundersiae Sunny Smile in 2019 at a Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies seminar. It was considerably different from anything else in my collection, so of course, I had to have it. Drimiopsis saundersiae is native to...
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