PawPaw's House

Regular readers know that I love my bourbon, but recently I decided to branch out a bit, to try Scotch whiskey.  I bought a bottle of Monkey...

It's been a family weekend.  Yesterday, Belle's folks were over here and we had a blast.  Today, all o my kids were here under the s...

I'm having trouble believing what I'm reading.  It seems that two Chicago police officers were in the middle of a routine arrest, wh...

Belle's family gathered in the shop today to enjoy each other's company.  As usual, we took a family picture of the matriarch and he...

Belle has four siblings, and they all live in Louisiana, some close but the furthest is only two hours away.  They get together once a quart...

When I went into the Sherif's office this morning to do the final paperwork, the secret was out.  more than one person asked me if I was...

My last official day of duty was busy, busy.  Big goings-on at the School Board and I didn't even take the computer out of the case toda...

We're doing something every day for Louisiana State.  Today was target work.  I had six brand new targets made a couple of months ago,  ...

It's Chicago, baby! Yesterday, prosecutors inexplicably dropped all the charges against suspected hate crime hoaxster Jussie Smollett....

A family member was asking me about the .270 Winchester cartridge.  While I have no personal experience with the cartridge, except for three...

The media and the liberals (but I repeat myself) are all butt-hurt over the Mueller report.  From The Hill: The breathless coverage amplif...

Left the house at 5:00 this morning for a health screening.  Not from the docs who worry about my various maladies, but from my employer, wh...

I've been worried about the martins, those little birds that migrate here every year from South America.  They are normally here the fir...

Mueller has finished his investigation, probably the most expensive, detailed, far reaching investigation in the history of our country agai...

We made chicken spaghetti today for lunch.  Quick, easy, filling, alwas a hit. We started by de-boning a rotissserated chicken.  Then put ...

The Cross Branded Peacemakers held their monthly match yesterday, and some friends from a neighboring club came over to shoot with us. 1...

We move away from the weekly, workaday world to the weekend, and we have a club shoot today.  I've already been out in the range, sweepi...

It's a title, a book by retired soldier Austin Bay, and a mantra for so much of what we do, both in the military and in police work.   ...

Robert Peel is often considered to be the father of modern policing.  His principles are taught in academic circles and have great weight i...

My dad called them idiot lights, and I'm starting to believe it.  I found this little icon o my dash board when I started for work this ...