PawPaw's House

Over at The Gun Nut, there's a posting about Warren Page , the shooting editor of Field and Stream from '47-'72. Page was a prol...

New Year's Eve and I resolve to make no resolutions. Like my birthday, it's just another trip around the sun. There are a few thing...

I'm a late-comer to the .308, I guess because I shot so much of it when Uncle Sugar was buying my bullets. Our little (yeah, little) ma...

I cooked a bean soup today and we just finished eating it for supper. This soup uses canned white beans. If you want to start with dried b...

I spent a few hours today, alone in the winter woods. The very woods were asleep, brown, sonambulent. Silent pines stood unmoving, watchme...

Over at the Gun Nut , we're talking about the .410 shotgun. It's one that lots of folks started on. Personally, I consider it an e...

I thought the science was settled . Maybe not so much. It seems a team of German physicists have looked into global warming and decided......

Some things that I read in the newspaper. First this . They're instituting stricter safety measures after the failed Christmas day bomb...

I'm having trouble getting my head around this statement : But as a progressive, I would sooner lay my child to rest than succumb to the...

Our dog has a strange predilection. He's got plenty of fresh water at his disposal, but he prefers to drink from mud puddles. If he ca...

My youngest sister was talking about this meme and said that knowing our house, she tries to envision from the spot I'm taking the photo...

If you look at a map of any city, you'll find patches of woods in and near the city. People like trees and some patches of land aren...

This is interesting. I've been playing with the new camera and I can see that I've got a lot of learning to absorb. Playing with li...

In 2000 I bought a Canon Rebel 35mm camera for business and pleasure. I learned to use it and really liked it, but then the digital revolut...

It's Christmas Eve at PawPaw's house and the grandkids will start arriving in several hours. I'll put away the computer and beg...

This recipe is from my maternal grandmother. She probably got this recipe off a box of whipped topping, or off the back of a condensed milk...

This is a recipe from my maternal grandmother. I don't know where she got it, or what the provenance is, but it's a quick easy meal...

Farmist asks, in comments: Would you consider doing a post on reloading for .45-70. I have a Marlin 1885, am a big fan of the caliber, and h...

I saw today under glass, a stainless Ruger Super Blackhawk, .44 magnum, 7 1/2 inch barrel. For $375.00. I could probably dicker on that pr...

I went out to our family range today and did some Handi-rifle shooting. I took the first shots with the .308 Handi and verified the zero o...