PawPaw's House

One of the commenters over at The High Road forum (.us, not .org) asked the question, what's the best all-around caliber for North Amer...

I finished the basic carpentry on the box stand today. I have to do some little finishing touches, like hanging a door and a panel to fill ...

Sometimes when the dog feels threatened or uncomfortable (like when I'm taking pictures), he hides under the buffet. If he's under ...

I'm told that the Pentagon is holding a report from General McChrystal pending a decision from the White House about what strategy it wi...

We've got spider lilies popping up in the front yard. They're delicate little plants that you never see until they bloom. The bulb...

Game cameras, also called trail or scouting cameras are a relatively new item in the outdoors retail market. It's a simple concept. Pu...

Over at the High Road forum there was a discussion of gun prices, and commenter Willpete made the following observation: One of these days,...

Oh, really ? They've lost the data? It seems so. Imagine if there were no reliable records of global surface temperature. Raucous pol...

Mostly Cajun reminds me that four years ago today we were digging out from Hurricane Rita. Being a deputy, I don't get to stay home whe...

Talk about throwing good money after bad! The gummint is thinking about bailing out the newspaper industry. Newspapers are failing for a ve...

I've been working the high school beat for seven years and I've learned a lot about working in a high school. I'm good at my jo...

I stopped by the pawn shop on the way home. I haven't been there in several weeks and they'd been weighing on my mind. Something t...

Ir was Monday today, all day. After work I ran errands for a couple of hours, then came home. Eldest son started work today at a new job. ...

Saturday was busy around PawPaw's house. I had to fix a lawnmower before I could mow the lawn, it being extremely difficult to mow a la...

I was over at Clayton Cramer's Blog and came upon this amusing quotation from a book published in 1840. A bowie-knife, dirk, or pistol...

We've got a small Air Force ROTC detachment at the high school, and today they celebrated the birthday of the Air Force. It's 62 y...

When you're camping, or in the alternative, in a refugee camp, it is nice to have a cook stove that you can use to cook food using the m...

That's the question that the grandkids ask when they come over and PawPaw is on the hook for Thursday night. The eldest son takes his t...

I was told once by a wise law enforcement officer that if an organization wanted to remain effective, it should avoid even the appearance of...

Never heard of them, but I read about them over at Phil Bourjaily's blog and I'm impressed. Classic, American double shotguns. Fi...