PawPaw's House

Last year, just before Christmas, I got a call from my favorite gun store.  An anonymous donor had bought me a gift certificate, and I neede...

I am woefully behind on the prep for hunting season.  My stands haven't been prepared, my shooting lanes haven't been cleaned, my fe...

This has got to be the easiest recipe we've come up with. And, it's a hit for a bunch of meat-eaters. Beef Tips and Rice. 2 lb...

I see that our President is pushing for longer school days .  U.S. schools through high school offer an average of 180 instruction days pe...

When I awoke this morning, it was 60 degrees on my back porch and as I type this it's not yet 80 degrees.  The weather report says that ...

We're making Taco Soup tonite, a dump-and-go recipe that feeds lots of people quickly. Which is good, because the grandkids will be over...

My good friend Jerome Scott is the mayor of Pollock, LA.  This afternoon he hosted a reception for Governor Bobby Jindal.  The Governor was ...

There's a night-time ritual where we put the garage door down and start locking doors.  The dog, of course, knows these rituals and know...

This is a pistol I don't shoot nearly enough.  It's fun to shoot, cheap to feed, and requires all the skills necessary to fire any p...

A couple of weeks ago, I brought home a stray German Shepherd .  A beautiful white dog.  I took him to the vet, got him checked out and his ...

It's been several years since I talked about jambalaya, a Louisiana recipe from the Cajun people. I got hungry for a jambalaya today...

I was posting on the forum over at The High Road and was looking through some pictures of my revolvers, trying to illustrate a point. Two s...

I see that the House Republicans are about to unveil a Pledge to America , which looks a whole lot like a platform. Some of the key points:...

This guy is blogging about carrying a firearm for fourteen months. It is now a about fourteen months since, after receiving my second death...

According to the AP , the evil Senate Republicans voted today to block key legislation that would have overturned the Don't Ask Don'...

A meme from Say Uncle , which shows how terribly short of blog-fodder I've been lately. That's my Model 60 on top of the pile, alo...

Even though it was only eight hours, they worked my butt off today. I probably walked five miles, broke a theft, recovered some property, h...

Milady and I were driving down the road and this song came on the oldies station. It's been a long time since I've heard it, and I...

Feigned indifference. I bet if I offered him a snack, he'd look at me. He's the Not-Looking-at-PawPaw, Sunday Morning Dog.

Milady is at the auction, and I've been working on paperwork for the church. We've got a Charge Conference coming up, and the distr...