Coffee Percs

Finishing a supper of bacon and dried apples, I settled back to drink coffee and pulled out my Bible.”
              –D.C. Adkisson  (The Evil Eye)

How are yuh, this mornin’, Pard?  I didn’t watch the debates among the clowns, but I did hear that they were offerin’ lots of free stuff.  Yep, if’n one of them gets elected we’ll all be tip-toein’ through the tulips from now ’til eternity.  Know what?  They’ll be plenty of fools out there who’ll believe them.  Some folks just don’t have enough sense to realize that nothin’s free in the life.  Nope, I figured I didn’t want to rile the ol’ gizzard, so I set back an’ enjoyed my coffee.  Ahhhh, sure much better than listenin’ to the gobbledygook comin’ out of their mouths.  What them enlightened folks were sayin’ was about as useless as a barbwire fence full of knotholes.
    An’ these young’uns, well’ they’re not actually young, but they’re a-clamorin’ for the debts to be taken away.  Well, to be paid by you and me.  Just don’t figure that!  They’re the ones who went out and got themselves in debt.  Guess they didn’t have much good learnin’.  A person needs to count the cost before they put themselves in debt, and then be shore and pay off what they owe.
    Go ahead, Pard, yuh don’t need my permission to refill yur cup.  Speakin’ of fillin’ yur cup, this is shore the time to keep yur own personal cup full of the Holy Spirit.  Times and culture could be changin’ right quickly.  I think of the times that I settled back in my bedroll at a camp up in the high lonesome with coffee and Bible in hand.  It’s good to reflect on the past, but more important is keepin’ yurself on the ready for what might be comin’ down the road.  Maybe yuh should put an extra box of cartridges, another pound of coffee, and Bible in yur saddlebags just in case.
    All that preparin’ won’t do you no bit of good if’n yur a-lyin’ on the ground because yuh didn’t check yur cinch.  Remember the basics!