I have some kin down around Gail, TX or at least West Texas. This was in some  of Dad’s papers, showing my grandfather as power of attorney for Lucinda D. Hester in the matter of the estate of R. B. Wilkins. For those of you doing research on the West Texas Hester’s, this may help as some of their roots were in Pickens County Alabama. Drop me a line if you would like a copy of this document. I visited the cemetery at Gail, TX and was unable to find her gravestone there. I was not able speak with any locals so she may or may not be buried there. Drop me a line if you would like a copy of the above document. pete@hesterbooks.com…… Pete

This was written several years ago, still it’s an eye opener….I think you will enjoy reading this….

http://tmq2.wordpress.com/winston-churchill-on-islam

Sweetie brought home a plant a couple of years ago. I swore that the plant was weed. “Not so” Sweetie says, “it’s King’s Daisies”. I was a little afraid that after I planted it she would turn me in for growing weed. She didn’t and sure enough at the end of the growing season the darn thing had pretty yellow flowers all over it and that gave me great relief. I have no idea what “weed” really looks  like other than pictures I see on the news. Anyway, for you folks that have seen this plant sticking up over the fence before it blooms, here is what it looks like in full bloom. Pretty, huh? Well, I think so anyway….

From a friend in Dallas: to read more on Anita Moncrief go to EmergingCorruption.com…..I kind’a like the way this girl talks…..Pete

Subject: FW: Fw: YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS, SHE IS FOR REAL!!!!!!

Part I http://www.youtube.com/embed/3CmkbShVqNA?feature=player_embedded

Part II http://www.youtube.com/embed/gy6odnqyLeU?feature=player_embedded

Stand your ground folks…. If you are gay, you are different…Say what you will, but Bill and Phil should not be a couple but if that’s what you want to do I have no problem with it. God said He does however and I hate to see you make him mad. But keep in mind that I make him mad too but I usually figure out that I was wrong and try to correct the problem. We don’t tell God to change His commandments just cause it does not fit our way of life. Matter of fact, if I recall my Bible school teachings we are suppose to tell those who are sinning that they are doing wrong….Soooo, same sex couples the Bible says you are doing wrong so you need to repent. And for your information, I’ll work on  repenting from my sinning too….Eat mor chick-en…..

The year of our Lord 2012…..Wow, where has it gone? Does it seem like it is going fast to you? Let me know if there is a way to apply brakes to a fast moving year, now laying in a hospital bed is not an option, but other than that….Subject matter for writing blogs: I run  out of words from time to time and I am there now. I guess my life is getting extremely dull. If you have some ideas let me know on that. I might even ask you to do a guest posting…….I met a man yesterday, 90 years young, who was still running his ranch and real estate company. He is on a walker and on oxygen but that does not seem to slow him down at all and he had a very good attitude about life. That is great, huh? More of us should take a page out of his book, which, by the way,  he is in he process of writing…..I will be looking for topics to write on this week, if you think of something drop me a comment on this posting and I will see what I can do. Thanks, Pete

RE: Marilyn Brown Unpublished Novel Competition…..I did not win says Utah Valley University, Dept. of English and Literature, Orem, UT. However, they did welcome me back for another go next year. Well, that’s something as it shows promise, huh? Judge 2 from the University said the novel “had all the elements of a classical western novel” and a few more very nice comments, and then the dreaded, “but”……That is how we grow and develop and it was so nice of Judge 2 to send me the critique in order to see where I need improvement. Will I take the time to try and improve my J. I. Hall, Jr. novel? Probably not, but maybe. I am into Chapter Five of another new novel using the same old failing methods. I am reading and re-reading the critique in hopes of producing a winner this time. I’ll keep you posted if you are interested….if you are not interested, well, can you just say, “Bless him, Lord?”   Thanks, Pete

President Obama: I have seen you on several videos saying you are a Muslim. Yet you have attended a Christian Church. My question is very simple…..Are you a Muslim?… You can answer with a simple yes or no. Let me know before November, 2012….Thank you, Sir….E. V. Pete Hester  ps..The reason I ask is that I am a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, Son of  Jehovah God of Israel and I need our President to be pro Israel in this position, favoring Israel over Muslim countries. Let me know, ok and I will pass on your answer. This is a very important question sir and I am waiting on your answer…..PS…Did you know that Muslim believe that Ishmael is the heir of Abraham promises and not Isaac as our Bible states? If it were not the biblical stories they would not even know about Abraham….or Ishmael….God did make some promises for Ishmael but his covenant was with Sarah and Isaac…But most of you know all that, however, it seems a few don’t, like maybe a billion people….

I hear that Coloradans hate Texans, not all but a lot, and unfortunately I think the report is true.  I worked for a Dallas based company for many years and for a time covered the beautiful states of Colorado and Wyoming, along with parts of West Texas and New Mexico. None of the customers I called on were ever rude to me nor did they seem to dislike me. However, one lady that I called on remarked to one of my Colorado based co-workers that if she heard “Yes Mam” from me one more time she was going to scream. My co=worker reported that to my superiors and later I was removed from the Colorado, Wyoming territory. Maybe not for that reason, but I never really connected with those customers like I did my West Texas and New Mexico customers who were really more like buddies. Of course, I called on them for years and really enjoyed the work. Well, so it goes, but for me I have to say “Yes Mam and Yes Sir” as that was the way I was brought up and it was automatic. Sorry….Seems strange to apologize for saying Mam, huh?… Hate may be to strong a term, so lets change the hate to dislike….Maybe we use the term different? Excuse me a second….”Lord, please bless all the salesman and others on the road today, trying to make a living traveling all over the country, spending the nights alone in motels and hotels. Help them to stay focused on the reason they are there and keep them away from the demon alcohol. And if a Texan is working in Colorado, help him and his customers to become fast and long time friends.  In your name I pray, Amen”…..Well, let me know…Pete

I hate these ‘tween months, don’t you. College basketball and football are really my sports. I try to make baseball fill in but it just don’t work as that really  comes down to me pulling for Cody Ross, Boston Red Sox outfielder, a Carlsbad, NM boy and that’s about it. He is doing good and I grab the paper each morning mainly for the box scores.  And for professional football, The Dallas Cowboys are it and except for those getting in trouble there is little news on that front. But soon….. College football is now only days away so I am getting pumped up. Makes mowing the grass easier realizing we are getting closer and the players playing in the grass, freshly mowed and striped, and numbered is nearer. The boys of fall are now trying to sweat off the summer fat and get the muscles in shape to do some “hittin”, some “hard hurtin’ hittin'”. Coaches are pushing the heck out of his boys trying to make a team…. We are all new here at the University of New Mexico, new coaches, new system, a lot of new players and a new season. “Bring it on”…….We are ready and while the Lobos may not win them all I have a feeling we gonna do good. If we can win 5 games this year, it will be a successful year and I am hoping for more than five. My boys down at New Mexico State should have a good year also. The WAC conference seems to be on the way out and the Mountain West is in limbo as to where our conference is going, but which ever way it is, New Mexico State does not look to be invited. I think MWC should reconsider the Aggies but I don’t get a vote. ……..Lets play some football, huh?   Are you ready?…..