PawPaw's House

We're southbound again this noontime, as Milady and I are taking the other two grandkids to Gulfport to introduce them to the beach. Reg...

I understand that in a couple of hours, the Senate will recommence consideration of a bill reforming immigration. That same bill that was k...

Ground hornets are little burrowing insects that nest underground. They vary in size, but the most common in these latitudes is about half t...

There are some calls a dispatcher just doesn't want to hear. Sometime in the early 1980s, a trooper called out on a routine traffic stop...

There's something strange going on in Jena, LA. The Town Talk covers it in an article this morning . Some background: There were som...

Any of you who have ever done any tent camping probably have an assortment of boxes to haul your gear out into the wild. Some campers try t...

Just when you think the reporting about the war can't get any worse, we have reports from two American generals who talk about the natur...

I went fishing today, for probably the first time in two years. The sadness of it all is that one reason we bought this house is that it si...

From Rivrdog , I got a list in the mail, 32 Things Cops wish People Knew. One of them made me chuckle. 29. If you think you can fan all th...

Yesterday, the tomato, the butter beans and the corn were on the plant. The potatoes were in the ground. Today, they were on my plate. Fres...

Every so often, I realize that I haven't had to spend money on one or the other of my children. I have trained my children to be self-s...

Congressman Alexander responded to my Immigration letter, this morning sometime after I accused him of lacking basic courtesy to constituent...

My Momma taught me basic courtesy. Here in the Deep South, there are certain basic courtesies that have been taught over the years. The list...

Two weeks ago I wrote my Congress Critters a strongly worded letter on immigration. Senator Vitter responded to me via email, the first of ...

Momma just stopped by on her way to tai chi class . For a number of years, she wanted to take those classes and now she has time for that ...

When we installed the pool, the contractor included a Polaris pool cleaner. It runs on a dedicated pump, pressuring clean water through a v...

Lets say that I'm a sceptic about global warming. A huge sceptic. I had enough statistics classes in college, and enought scientific me...

We're back, after two days of fun in the sun. The first half of the grandkids has been introduced to salt water, sand, and sun. The thr...

I see where the Grant parish Police Jury has seen the light regarding the Jena Choctaw tribe and their proposed casino. As I understand the ...

I did something today I've never done before. I put $13.00 worth of gasoline in a motorcycle. Dammit. In other news, we're taking a ...