Pete

I’ve told about Pete … born, raised and died in Texas … Pete was my mentor in many ways. Pete had two master’s degrees and was a high school principal. He had a sixty acre farm … and Pete was a petroleum geologist. Back then, you could rent a rig and drill for oil pretty much on your own. Pete never made much money drilling for oil but he learned a few things. Pete passed on some wisdom garnered in the oilfield: “If, after a spell, you don’t find oil, pack up and move on. Don’t ever get to believing your own geology.”