PawPaw's House

The National Sports Shooting Foundation has numbers that suggest that the shooting industry has an economic impact over $27 billion (USD) a...

The roses have exploded on the vine that covers our back yard gate. That vine is absolutely covered with buds. It should be lovely for the ...

It looks like the illegal immigrants are going to leave Arizona. That's AP's headline . I'm all for immigration. America is a ...

Milady took the dog in for a haircut today. He came back looking all spiffy and groomed. I took this snapshot on the back porch while Mila...

I've got two .30 caliber Handi-rifles. One in .308 Winchester and one in .30-30 Winchester. The .308 is older, with a Gardner, MA roll...

On rainy days, the dog likes to hang out in front of the fireplace. Friday was a rainy day and while I was reclining in my easy chair, I sn...

And old video from a Louisiana band, Le Roux, playing their signature hit, New Orleans Ladies. This video is dated, coming from an old show ...

I'm cooking a brisket for the wedding rehearsal tonight. I was looking back over some of my brisket posts and I can see that I've ...

This week has turned into an endurance contest. It seems that everyone who wants to do anything at the school has scheduled it for this wee...

Ha! I stole this from Old NFO's site . No confirmation of an old man sitting in a chair with a rifle. No confirmation at all.

Dave Petzal talks bout buying a rifle, from the inexpensive entry-level rifles to the expensive custom jobs costing upwards of the multi-tho...

I'm sure by now that everyone has heard of that volcano in Iceland , spewing ash all over Europe and the airlines across the continent a...

Gerry says, in comments: I've never much liked fuzzy little yappy dogs on ribbons. No animosity, mind you, just not much attraction, fee...

Pirsig aside , motorcycles respond to knowledgeable wrenching. I took the bike out yesterday to wash it and get it ready for the season. W...

We had the grandkids over today after church. I cooked up a big batch of sloppy-joes and fed everyone sandwiches and chips. The girls went o...

I was trying to get a picture of the dog and he wasn't cooperating. I think that the red-eye light on the camera bothers him. So, in f...

I watched a home-team baseball game today and saw the damndest double play I've seen in a while. Let me set it up for you. Bottom of th...

From the Republican, a paper in Massachusetts . All four were arrested and a search of the car interior revealed a loaded Glock .34 caliber...

CBS reported back in January about US bullion reserves. One of the many facts they got wrong is in this paragraph . Few people have been i...

LSU, our flagship university, has caved on student complaints of academic rigorousness and removed a teacher from a teaching slot. I think...