Should we start some amendments to the bible. I mean, some of those rules just plum get in the way….You shall have no other God before me,  I don’t think we can amend that, its pretty plain. ….You shall not misuse the name of the Lord. Now that one would really hamper a bunch of people, limiting their vocabulary tremendously…. Remember the sabbath day and keep it Holy. Maybe we should add the amendment that we could  give 30 seconds of silence while attending our favorite pro football game Sunday afternoon. That would probably take care of the remembering the sabbath, but the keep it Holy…hummmm, but that’s what it says….Honor your father and mother so that you may live long….No change  needed here huh, as it helps them and you…Thou shall not murder…we all know that except maybe the Roe v Wade people feel it is already an amendment, but I don’t think so…..Thou shall not commit adultery and remember Jesus amended this one by saying if you see a woman and even think, er, shall we say..oh, wow and maybe a thought or two on further down the gutter, you guilty….I know, but that’s what it says….Thou shall not steal, what’s his is his and whats mine is mine, we can’t argue with that can we?….Thou shall not give false testimony against thou neighbor, ie, bunch of cars round my neighbor’s house, wonder what he’s selling, must be something cause did you see that expensive SUV he is driving. Its fast too……You shall not covet your neighbors wife or stuff cause that is liable to make you break a bunch of the other no-nos, ie, adultery, stealing…You steal his ass and you in a heap of trouble or steal his oxen either, same thing…..I read on in the New Testament where we now live under grace, the grace of Jesus Christ. He tells us that he came to fulfill the Ten Commandments….He says we all sin….He says repent, turn  from your sins and you will be saved, even to those who believe on His name. So, it is not about how good I am but about how merciful He is. We are all breaking the laws, but He is sure to forgive us. Is there one who does not sin among us. No, not one He says….So maybe you are like me and the one amendment we all need is GRACE….Remember the song, “I’m just an old sinner saved by Grace.” I hope you will take a moment to assess where you are today. I tried to put a little humor in this posting, but it is very real and we all need to think about our relationship with the Almighty. He’s Boss, well, really, He is higher up than that, He is OUR KING….

Every so often you hear a story that you feel you must tell and the main reason is  to keep others from making such a terrible mistake……Years ago, a second grade class was putting on a program. All the class was singing in a part of it. The teacher did not like the way one little girl sounded and offered her a quarter to not sing, telling her to just mouth the words. It upset and hurt the little girl terribly and her dad even made a trip down to the school house to address his anger to the teacher. That prompted that little girl to never sing again, never, ever,  because her voice was so terrible, at least she thought that must be right for her teacher to do such a thing. To this day, many years have passed and she will not sing.  I hope and pray that none of my readers would ever be quilty of such a thing. Singing it not so much about sounding good as it is letting the joy escape from ones heart. Shame on that teacher for putting such a burden and damper on that little girl, one who today is now in her golden years, but she will not sing because of being paid a quarter to not sing. Just writing about it makes me sad…I wonder how much joy has been surpressed over the years because someone told her she could not sing……I sing in the shower, while working in the yard, walking around the house, sometimes even while shopping….and it is not about me sounding good or pretty, its about me being happy and releasing it from the inside…….Shame, shame on that second grade teacher….Pete

A few years ago my best friend from high school called the house and I was not here at the time. He introduced himself to sweetie and told her he was my best friend from high school and also that we had always been best friends. Sweetie says “Yes, I have heard him mention you, but I don’t think you have always been best friends.” “What do you mean”, he says. Sweetie says, “well, he told me that you came into high school at the start of the ya’ll junior year and he said you tried out for right half back, his position and he noticed you talking to his girl friend a lot and he was jealous of you and did not like you. The two of you were continual bickering, so much so that one day at PE Coach Elmore says, “I’m tired of the bickering between the two of you. I’m putting these boxing gloves on you and ya’ll fight until you cannot fight anymore. He said the two of you went after it and fought until you could not even lift your arms any more, then the coach stopped you. After that, you were best friends.” He said, “Oh, yeah, you are right. I had forgotten about that fight.” Funny that Sweetie remembered me talking about the fight and he never even had remembered it. Thinking about it now, it was my heart out of wack and not his. You know, he could not box all that good and I thought that I could….I mean that I was dancing around, moving the old feet, throwing jabs, etc, and he threw hay makers..he would take that old glove back to left field and I knew two minutes before he threw them that it was coming….Those darn thing landed with such an impact, that even if I blocked them, it would jar every bone in my body. I really think I won on style but I believe he won on hurt….That day he became my buddy…He’s still my buddy, we still talk and I appreciate him…..Buddies are hard to find anymore and old buddies are even harder to find….I talked to him last week….You are a good’un my friend…..Thanks for being my best buddy..Pete… ps..lets not box anymore, ok? Thanks….

Did you see the Presidential press conference today. Mr. Obama says, “I am telling you in advance it ain’t my fault. It’s all in congress lap. “The American people sent a message to the country that they want what I want, so Congress needs to step up to the plate and deliver”…….Last term, Bush was to blame, this term is gonna be Congress. It’s like: if you don’t like my writing here today it is not because of what I have written, it is your interpretation of what I have written and I am telling you in advance it’s your problem. Ain’t it? Of course not, I am just not a very good writer…..You can draw your own conclusions of Mr. Obama….Pete

The State of New Mexico is being sued by Texas. It seems as though New Mexico is holding to much of the Texas water supply according to Texas. Texas farmers say they do not get enough water flow down the Rio Grande. New Mexico Farmers say the same thing about them not getting enough water. It makes me wonder. If you look at the Elephant Butte Reservoir and it is nearly empty, how we can be holding to much? Where do the rights of New Mexico end and the rights for Texas start? I guess that is what the Supreme Court will have to determine. The farmers along the Rio Grande in New Mexico feel that they are not getting their fair share and the Texas farmers in the same valley claim New Mexico is hogging it all. I can verify that most of it is gone. I guess when the Texans drive by the Butte they say, “why it still has some water in it” and it does have a smidgen left for the few catfish and bass left there….Must we turn every drop loose? T or C has depended on the sports activity on the Butte every year…Must that go away…I can certainly understand the farmers in Texas wanting their fair share but a some point you have to understand that half of nothing is nothing. Every city and village along the Rio Grande, New Mexico and Texas and Mexico, depend on that river bringing in some water….If we don’t get some snow melt this year and some rain, I fear it will nearly dry up. The Supreme Court has its work cut out   in making a fair decision on this one. One other wrinkle that has me wondering is the wells down the Rio Grande Valley and the water pulled from those wells is if those water wells pulls resupply from the Rio Grande also. A decision “ain’t” gonna be easy for the folks on the Supreme Court. Good luck to you……I guess at some point all us folks gonna have to ask the Lord to open up the Heavens again and let it rain……a lot….Maybe not 40 days and nights, but  a lot.. Wonder if He will hear us the way some of us been acting?….Pete

Day before yesterday (1/8/13) in the letters to the sports editor of Albuquerque Journal, a fellow by the name of Nathan suggested that the fans of Alabama go back to their mobile homes and grits to celebrate…Very poor taste for one thing, grits are great even in New Mexico and we have many mobile homes here. Then “The Dr.” wrote in today stating what a miserable state New Mexico is, nothing but desert and he would take Alabama any day over the ugly state of New Mexico, or words to that affect. Both of them have a right to their opinion but how wrong they are. I am a Alabama boy, left the state in the fifties and spend the rest of my life in New Mexico. All of us know the beauty of the great state of New Mexico, from the flat lands and river valleys to the snow covered high mountain peaks. Some of the prettest timber you will see anywhere is in New Mexico and that may surprise some. Dry climate, no bugs to speak of and a little dust to test our love for the state in spring……The road is open “dr.” so take your little mind on back to Alabama and enjoy the beauty of that state and we all know how beautiful it is….Green, lush, good fishing, beautiful streams, ie, Coalfire Creek, lakes, hill county of northern Alabama, gulf coast and on and on….Nathan needs to take a trip down there to see for himself….Only thing, Nathan I must warn you that if you wise off down there about how bad Alabama is you may….well, just keep your mouth shut would be my advise…”Dr.” you probably need to keep your mouth shut also…..Now as to the National Championship game…..Bama won, Bama deserved to win and I think Texas A&M deserves to be number two……That’s how I see it anyway…

I like Notre Dame, er, most of the time, but this time Bama gonna beat up on Notre Dame, pretty bad and become the National Champs again. Well, pretty bad may be a overstatment, but the important thing is Bama wins. Roll Tide….National Champs…….

In 2012 this web site had 45,197 visitors and 290,687 hits…Well, that’s pretty good, but in 2011 this web site had 56,879 visitors with 376,759 hits….Toward the end of the year my numbers were coming back up but one always hates to lose anyone….Well, if each of you would ask one person to come by for a visit maybe I could get my numbers back…..That is important but one thing that is up and is a good sign that my visitors are staying longer, reading or downloading some of my stories or maybe just reading through  the long list of posting and comments by some of the readers…I wish more of you would let me know your thoughts and believe me, even though you don’t think like I think, usually I will publish your thoughts. Anyway, if it is a quick visit or an hour of reading my stories, I thank you and hope you enjoy them and it would be nice to hear from you. Best wishes for 2013 and I hope it is your best year ever….Pete

The Dallas Cowboys are winners. I think they will win today over a great Washington Redskins team. Reminds me of the seventies and eighties when the rivalry was so intense. I am not a “johnnie come lately” fan of the Cowboys. Yep, Eddie LaBaron was the quarterback when I became a fan, year one, and I have remained a “die hard” fan until this day. I feel strongly that if the Cowboys have any kind of a running game today, we win the game. That said, win or lose, the Dallas Cowboys are winners, and heaven forbid, but if we should lose, then I will start looking forward to next year….But wait, we gonna win, we gonna win, WE GONNA WIN…Go Pokes