He took his cup from his saddlebag and filled it from the coffeepot… He sipped the coffee gratefully. ‘Good coffee.’”
–Louis L’Amour (Conagher)
Almost didn’t recognize yuh, Pard. Yuh wearin’ a rain barrel for a coat nowadays? Ah, I see, too much turkey and all the trimmin’s, oh, and the pies. Pard, at this age yuh should know better. But I will say that barrel sorta rounds out yur personality.
Sit down, the coffee is ready and for sure, it’s not fattenin’. More like soothin’ an’ calmin’ to the soul. If’n yuh went out shoppin’ yesterday yuh sure could push folks out of the way with that new shape.
Thanksgivin’ was great. Kimberly and her family camped out at Lake Livingston and since it’s only fifteen miles we would go out, but stayed the nights at home. We ate breakfast out there every day, supper most days, but we chowed down with the Thanksgivin’ Dinner. Pard, and I’m tellin’ the gospel truth, I nary touched a piece of pie for Thanksgiving meal. Nope, not when I got home neither. But I will tell yuh this, I had a piece of pumpkin and German chocolate pie for breakfast. I reckoned instead of eatin’ it twice I’d just go whole hog and eat both pieces at the same time. And speakin’ of hog, we had plenty of that as well.
Pard, I sorta pity those who want to steal and destroy our heritage, especially Thanksgivin’. It seems that everythin’ today is cross culture, racist, or political. My mercy, hardly a person can bow their head to the Almighty God to thank Him for His marvelous, wonderful blessin’s without some numbskull pipin’ up. Why them folks are the same ones that want to deny the Lord altogether. Ignorant morons, they don’t have a brain that would fit a flea.
But honestly Pard, the Lord has blessed us, and what those folk don’t realize that because of believers God blesses those around them. Let them live in some other country then look back at the blessin’s they threw to the wind. What was it that ol’ Joshua said, “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”
Pard, yuh need a push t’ get in the saddle? Train yur kids right, equip them properly, and Pard that means teach them to check their cinch before mounting up for the day.
Vaya con Dios.