PawPaw's House

Our family has a family name, Lathrop that is passed down from generation to generation, generally as a middle name. My granddaddy was Edwa...

As soon as I finished the post below, I threw my range box into the truck and headed for the range. It was a quiet day out there, and I wal...

I was piddling on the bench yesterday and noticed a big plastic pickle jar full of brass. I picked it up and looked inside. .30-30 brass! ...

I see that the depression in the Gulf has upgraded itself to a tropical storm, named Arlene . This is the first named storm of the season. ...

Several weeks ago I bought a scope for the Ugly Rifle and settled on the Weaver Buck Commander in 2.5x10. I shot that rifle with that sco...

I see that Michelle Bachmann has made it official. She's running for the Presidency of the United States. Good for her. I've bee...

My boys and I took off this morning to go to the range. We had scheduled the day at the Sheriff's office range to use his 300 yard rifl...

What happens when you feed peanut butter to the dog? It gets stuck on the roof of his mouth. I ought to be ashamed of myself, but he lov...

Did y'all happen to notice that two guys were arrested recently for conspiring to shoot-up a military recruiting station in Seattle? Y...

Minot, North Dakota is flooding. The river over topped the levees and from all accounts, a sizeable portion of the town is destroyed. Minot...

I see that the FBI got Whitey Bulger. He's been on the run for 16 years. That's the problem with warrants. They never go away. ...

With all the rain, I decided today to make a pot roast. It's one of my family's favorites, and one that I learned at my grandfather...

It's been lightning and thundering for two days and my dog is skeered slap to death. He's hiding under anything he can get under.

I profess a love and long abiding respect for the .35 Remington . The cartridge has been around a long time. It was originally chambered i...

The revelations just keep coming. The New York Post opines that it may go far beyond the ATF. "They had to go to Justice to get mone...

The day began dark with overcast. As the sun rose, the sky was yellow and the wind began to pick up. The rain started in earnest at about ...

Late this afternoon we had the first measurable rain since May 21st. Thirty days without rain. That just ain't natural for Louisiana. ...

This guy lands a small aircraft on the roof of a motor home. Impressive. LiveLeak.com - very good pilot

Do you remember when you could put your own foot in your mouth? Me neither. The house has been full of grandkids all day. The last on...

We've been eating outside by the pool quite a bit, or better yet, sending the grandkids out to eat by the pool. The dog has learned tha...