We have one more day left on this month and we have already broken all of our records:

2282 visits to the site in July reading 8674 pages with 22,199 hits….gonna be a few more tomorrow…wow, thanks readers..you are great…also, a total of 64 countries viewed the web site with some of the pages read as follows: Canada, 167 pages, China 144, Brazil 82, Colombia 65, Hong Kong 64, Germany 52 and on and on…..

I sit 21 to 23 inches from my screen….Listen, you never know the facts you can pick up until you read this web site….How far do you sit from your screen? For me, if I sit further than that, I have trouble reading it and by the way, that is a size 12 font….Who knows, some eye doctor may read such with interest…Reckon?…Naw, probably not…

Every so often I like to  ask you readers to read about Big Momma (1950’s). I believe there were about 18 of us cousins living near her. She had no children of her own and she was a Granny to us. She was my Grandfather’s third wife. She was a large woman and she left a mark on about about 18 children in a special way. She would love us and she would spank our butts as proof  of her love. So, I am bringing her up again so if you have not read this story you will have the opportunity to now. Taken from my book Cousins…..chapter_six_big_momma Thanks, Pete Hester

Well, I was told by a very reliable source that the Warm Springs Rez is sacred ground. White men not welcome, is kinda how the message came across. So, No. 2 son and I set out on a quest to see if we could find this abandoned reservation. We know it is at the southwestern section of the Cibola National Forest, a little north and east of Winston, NM. Yesterday, we drove up Highway 52, up past the junction of Highway 59 and almost to Dusty. The road was gravel after the hwy 59 junction and I did not take my pickup, so we took it very slow and finally just gave up on looking. There are no road markers announcing the Rez or signs pointing anything out to the driver. We did not stop and ask. There is a General Store there in Winston and it was open, we should have mentioned it to him to get his opinion. We did not go up there to  try and get on the place, we just wanted to see where it was and if anything was available to view…Well, it ain’t…Ojo Caliente is somewhere around up there..That’s the one that gave the Warm Springs Tribe their name. Chief Victorio and Cochise and Geronimo all believed in the cureative powers of this hot spring. I did locate it on Goggle Earth upon our return, but it looks to be very rugged country and hiking country.. Not much of a trail, and I think that is by design…. I was surprised at the pronghorns near the road. (we got some pictures and if possible I will post a couple.) No. 2 and I were both surprised by the lay of the land. Hilly, but not nearly as mountainious as we had antipicated. If we had taken Highway 59, heading due west from Highway 52, we would have gone into the heart of the Black Range. From our vantage point yesterday we could see why they are named the Black Range. They were black and rain clouds were hovering all over them and all around us for that matter. It was a good trip and while we did not see the actual reservation, we know about where they lived and we can understand why Chief Victorio did not want to leave…America said, “move on Chief, you are standing in the way of progress”…..I think it is sad…That is how I view it anyway……

Many years ago the western tribes taught us gringo’s to rain dance. So, every year we get after it and most of the time we do this dance during the mon-soon season. Sometimes it is effective…sometimes not so much…The good part about a rain dance is you get tired and rest or quit….and it stops raining….well, if some of you are still dancing you can go ahead and rest, ok?…it is flooding in places and it is dreary around here being shut in for two days now and my grass needs mowing and the mushrooms are sprouting…and I can’t water my garden, oh, wait, that’s a good thing…well, you see what I am getting at…It is time to stop the dance for now…maybe more a little later…if this keeps up we will have a host of mosquitoes flying around, and bugs galore….stop the dancing people….its always something!

I deleted the downloads for my novel that is going to press shortly. Since it is under contract it is only fair that I take them off. I hope you enjoyed them while they were on here. The book should be in print before long. I am sure I’ll be, eh, um, bragging as soon as it is available. Anyway, just wanted you guys to know what happened  to those downloads. As soon as I get my pdf fixed I may put a chapter or two of the one I am writing on now. I’m thinking on it some…..Pete

On the one hand, a fellow hates to see whats happening in Arizona continue. On the other hand, the conditions in Mexico must be terrible to continue to push these people toward America. According to the paper this morning in the last fiscal year 422 illegals have died trying to escape Mexico and enter the USA. Most die from dehydration on the long desert trek from Mexico to civilization. What drives them?  Is it the good conditions in America where the economy is turning terrible? Or terrible conditions of Mexico  where anything would be better?  The Mexican government should be ashamed that conditions are so bad the citizens would risk death to get away from them…..The solution to America’s problem with illegal aliens is not with the Mexican citizens it is the MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. Obama and Navarrette should not be jumping all over Arizona, who is having the Mexican problem pushed on them, but they should travel down to Mexico City and try to straighten them out….When will we ever call a spade a spade….Let’s do some profiling down in Mexico City, cause I smell a skunk…..

I sent this young writer two e-mails today and he rejected them both. I sent it to the e-mail address listed in the Albuquerque Journal. They came back unopened. That’s ok and I am not surprised. Like so many people he will not listen to the other side.  He keeps talking about Arizona’s stand on immigration and I was trying to tell him Arizona is not anti-immigration…Arizona is anti-illegal immigrants. There is a big difference and he knows that. And he brought Governor Bill Richardson in as a powerful source of inside information. since Bill made sure all the New Mexico illegals had drivers license for i. d. All the liberals are trying to cloud the issue and the democrats want the 12 million votes they will get if they are awarded amnesty…Crap is added to the issue like racial profiling when you are trying to catch a law breaker…He knows for sure California is broke, as he is based in San Diego. Arizona and New Mexico are going broke and we are depending on the US government to come through with more money for the border and the states controlling the border. And if you read the world business news, the United States is quickly running out of places to borrow more money. These magic calculators that each of our congressman seem to have is going to run out of digits one of these days. The world is going to say, ok, pay up America and brother, that you and me…I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a hell’va lot to spare. If we only spend a 100 buck on each of the 12 million  illegals a year, and if my cheap calculator works correctly, that’s 1.2 billion a year…Is that right? A while back I promised to be a “stuff” writer and not worry about all the crap going on in the world, but it is hard to do, ain’t it? The outside world just keeps invading my little world and try as I may I can’t keep it out. I can pull weeds, cut grass, work the garden, gathers veggies, but the world problems keep coming through. And some people think we should worry about the Mexican President being pissed at us…Pardon my language, but that’s bull-sh–, pure and simple…Sir, do your part on the border yourself, stop the drug war in your country, invest a few dollars into each of your citizens, give them jobs fighting your internal wars, form a standing army to protect your citizens…..But no, its easier to criticize us…well, I’ll stop there…dang, I sure hate to get started, know what I mean?….

I always thought that sneaking into America was against our laws. And when one becomes a law breaker, or criminal, I always thought our law enforcement officials could use whatever means necessary to apprehend the perpetrator. Our governor says no, Arizona is wrong to check licenses of anyone suspected of being an illegal. According to Ruben Navarrette, Jr in the Albuquerque Journal today, he quoted New Mexico Gov. Richardson, “Republicans don’t understand that this is a bad issue for them-to appear anti immigrant every two years…….” Governor, we are not anti immigrant and you know it…We are anti illegal aliens, period…..the governor further stated that tea party and conservatives “just don’t get it.” Again
Governor, you don’t get it. America is broke, as in we are out of money, we don’t need more welfare cases from law breakers….White ain’t white and black ain’t black says the governor, can’t you guys see the gray? You are leaving our state in rough shape Governor and while you have done some things right, knowing how to handle money does not appear to have been one of them, and approving drivers license’s for illegals was a very bad move on your part…..Immigrants are always welcome in America…Illegals aliens will never be welcome….

Football is getting closer…Last two days we have had articles in our paper on the Cowboys. I love football, love Alabama football, New Mexico Lobo foofball, Mountain West football, but I really love Dallas Cowboy football…The world stops when they play…I am not as bad now as I used to be…At least I will now talk to my wife some during the game and she will even watch a close one with me, sometimes!!!!…I heard some guys talking the other day about how long they had been a fan and I mentioned that Eddie LaBaron was the quarterback when I started following them. They said, “Who”….Eddie LaBaron, all 5’6” of him. Remember that he had to loft the ball to get it over the on rushing linemen, 1960 – 62…But he was a gritty guy….Before retiring I worked some events that lineman Randy White also worked, several years running. I have two pictures, autographed of course, of him. It has been two or three years ago, but even then he looked like he could walk on the field and play just anytime they needed him….Who is your favorite…I have so many it is hard to pick just one, Stauback, White, Meredeth,Aikman, Newhouse, Dorsett, Johnson, Perkins, Harris, Waters, Lilly, Jordan, Novack, Smith, Irvin, Garrison, Reeves, Hays, Hill….oh, gosh, the list goes on and on, not to mention Coach Landry…I wish you guys would take a little time and name your favorite cowboy, if you have one….Please notice that I did not include the current crop of “Boys”….Some of them will make it to great status one day also…I can name three on offense and a couple of defense right now that will be among  the greats, if not already….Let me know who you liked…..Pete Hester

How about it people? How are those e-machines? I looked at a couple down at the closest Wal-Mart. They look pretty good. The numbers, memory and hard drive all sound pretty good. All I do is write this blog, do some research from time to time, write some on my books, and a few other odds and ends. Seems to me like an e-machine would work for me. Any of you folks care to comment and let me know about them. Especially if you know of some negatives as to why they are not a good choice…Thanks, Pete