PawPaw's House

I remember a time in the mid '90s, in Chinquapin, LA  (No, Chinguapin isn't a real place).  A gas station on the south side of town ...

Rainy on Saturday, and the dog didn't get outside much.  He prefers to sit beside Milady's chair during bad weather. It'll b...

At fifteen feet, nine inches and a thousand pounds, that's one helluva alligator . It looks like it put up a fight. The Alabama al...

Woke this morning to a gentle rain.  During my morning coffee, I see that it's intensified to a general downpour.  The ditches are runni...

Interesting question, considering that our senior senator, Mary Landrieu is asking us for another term  Hot Air's Mary Katherine Ham tak...

Cross-posted from a forum I frequent , I was recalling a cop story from my early days in law enforcement.  Early '80s, a local yokel d...

If you live in Louisiana, this time of year you start watching the weather maps.  Hurricane intensity increases in September, taking advanta...

Jack Murphy, over at PJMedia, makes some good points in his current piece .  He deconstructs some myths and defines some of the players with...

Cloistered Carmelite nuns from all over the world.  Singing a prayer of God. Beautiful, simply beautiful, made all the more compelling b...

From Mostly Cajun Heh!  Stay thirsty, my friend.

That's what Hot Air is reporting this morning, citing recent stats that lead us to an inescapable conclusion. From the source article: ...

A videi Dawg this morning, Beau and Smokey wrestling on a settee in the morning sun. Y'all have a blessed Sunday.  In another hour I...

I need one of these.  No particular reason, everybody needs one in the family. Post by Australian mining Link . Think of the trouble...

Neal McCoy and Trace Atkins doing an old Charlie Pride song.  This one makes me smile every time I hear it, and I heard Neal McCoy do it las...

Flyover country, huh?  Well, I've lived in the rural areas of Louisiana all my life.  Many times I've wished I could fly over parts ...

That's what a GAO (Government Accounting Office) report says .  My first response was a hearty "No Shit!" because food stamp f...

It appears that I've bent the shaft on my old pushmower.  It's a little 22" that's been rebuilt more than any machine needs...

It seems that there is some internet hype about a huge hurricane about to ravage the Gulf Coast, and it's certainly the season for tha...

I came home today with the good intentions of mowing the grass, but we've been tormented lately with pop-up thunderstorms that seem to c...

Six years ago, our Sheriff decided to issue pistols, and the Sheriff at the time liked the Smith and Wesson M&P in .45 ACP.  He bought a...