PawPaw's House

Like many people, I surf around Facebook, mainly to keep track of family and friends, but occasionally, something pops up that's stupid,...

Thanksgiving is past and the tree is trimmed.  Christmas is upon us, and I intend this year to spend more time on the spiritual, traditional...

Everybody is kind of lazy after the Thanksgiving weekend, and the dog is no different.  I can just barely get him to go outside, all he want...

Some of the grandkids came over today, and grandson Michael took out my high-school cornet and serenaded the neighborhood with Christmas car...

A feel good piece from 1985, we have The Forester Sisters singing I Fell In Love Again Last Night . Catchy little tune.  You can tell i...

What ya' cooking, PawPaw? "Durned old turkey gumbo." "But we ate turkey yesterday!" "I know, but there...

Thanksgiving is a holiday that's much misunderstood, so it's helpful to reflect on what actually happened during what we consider to...

Today we turn to a catchy tune by Australian artist Jamie O'Neal in 2000.  It hit #1 on the Billboard charts in February 2001.

I've watched this case unfold since August, and I haven't talked about it because it's too fresh.  But, now the Grand Jury has r...

Released in October 1988, this song stayed on the US and Canada country charts for 14 weeks.  It got to number one on both charts.  Not coin...

In the previous post , Old NFO says in comments: That little skinning axe is neat! I need to find one of those... I've got a hatchet ...

Everyone, at one time or another, needs a good axe, and while I'm no expert, I have a certain working knowledge of axes, sledges, and ma...

An old favorite, from 2009. People are crazy.

We begin Monday morning with this bit of pleasing news.  It seems that one goblin in New Orleans was robbing people on the street and got mo...

Taken yesterday afternoon, this picture perfectly encapsulates my desires on a Sunday afternoon. Sleeping it off.  Every dog deserves a g...

Installing a daffodil bed at our family's nursing home, Regency House . We started building the bed this morning about 9:00.  Triple...

Courtesy of Day by Day cartoons . I'm working on it.

Checking email today, I come upon something that looks like spam, from The Depravity Standard .  The sentence that gave me the giggles is be...

Yesterday, our senior senator embarked on a Quixotic endeavor to debate the Keystone XL pipeline in the US Senate.  The vote was simply for ...

It looks like Taurus has come out with a new pistol, The Curve , designed for concealed carry.  Not your standard .380, it has an integrated...